The Kole Tang or Spotted surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus strigosus, is a marine

Marine (ocean)

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 reef

Reef

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 tang in the fish family

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 Acanthuridae

Acanthuridae

Acanthuridae is the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 80 species in six genera, all of which are marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs...

. Which is endemic

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 to Oceana

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. It grows to 5.7 inches (14.6 cm) in the wild. Its a brown color with light blue to yellow horizontal stripes over its body which change into spots towards the face. It also has a vividly yellow area surrounding the eye, sometimes leading to it being known as the yellow eyed kole tang.