Convict Tang - Acanthurus triostegus Basslets A carefully managed quarantine period

A carefully managed quarantine period is strongly recommended before introduction to the display aquarium

Introducing tangs at the same time may help reduce established territorial behaviour

but observed in the southern Caribbean in small groups in a typical harem-like arrangement in which a male claims a territory in which he has a small number of females

may form symbiotic relationships with anemones

Common Name:Longspine Cardinalfish

Convict Tang - Acanthurus triostegus Basslets A carefully managed quarantine periodConvict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) The Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) is a distinctive marine surgeonfish named for the bold black vertical bars crossing its pale silver grey body. Also known as the Convict Surgeonfish or Manini, it is widely distributed across tropical Indo Pacific reef habitats, where large groups graze continuously over algae covered rock and shallow reef flats. It is generally less territorial than many other Acanthurus