Black Tang Zebrasoma

Black Tang Zebrasoma, Longnose Surgeonfish is one of the least collected fish in the hobby, the Black Tang is often seen as a centerpiece fish to complete a show aquarium. The Black Tang is as easy to keep as the other fish in the Zebrasoma family with the exception of specimens occasionally having problems with nose damage. They will spend their day picking at rockwork and occasionally sand in search of hair algae to eat.

The Black Tang is one of the rarest and sought-after tang species in the aquarium trade. They are only found on a few reefs in the entire world making them incredibly difficult to collect. The Black Tang is entirely jet black with a singular diamond-shaped white dot just before its anal fin. Its sleek look, as well as unique black coloration, makes this one of the most visually stunning species of Tang around. It has the same general body shape as a Sailfin Tang and a characteristic long bottlenose.

Longnose Surgeonfish

They are so rare in the hobby because they are only collected in a few places and in those places they are not seen by divers very often. Being a tang they need to swim and a recommended tank size of around 120 gallons or preferably much larger would be good to start with. Most adults get up to about 8 inches (21 cm).