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Old 10-29-2004, 01:52 AM
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Found this in one of my texts, kinda neat: "A cost-benefit approach to territoriality requires that we consider the disadvantages of aggression, one of the most obvious of which is the time cost of the behaviour. A territorial surgeonfish, for example, chases rivals away from its algae-rich turf on a Samoan reef an average of 1900 times per day." So I guess we know why tangs are such bums in many cases. (Imagine doing the data collection for that research.)
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Old 10-29-2004, 02:56 AM
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I wonder if they are referring to a particular species or all tangs in general? They mention a specific reef so I would be inclined to think they mean a certain fish. Any ideas which one?
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Old 10-29-2004, 03:50 AM
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Here's the other side of the page, Acanthurus lineatus (clown tang). However it may be a stock photo. There are a fair number of species of tang that live in Samoa.

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Old 10-29-2004, 04:55 AM
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I have no trouble believing that of a Clown Tang.
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