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Epaulette Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricauda) is a premium Indian Ocean marine fish available from Bluefields Aquatics, based in Mtwapa, Mombasa, Kenya. We export to 67+ countries worldwide with full KFS and CITES documentation.
Native to the Indo-Pacific, the Epaulette Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricauda, family Acanthuridae) is a marine ornamental fish we export from our facility on the Kenyan coast. Bluefields Aquatics ships Epaulette Surgeonfish as healthy, conditioned wholesale stock to aquarium buyers in over 67 countries.
Epaulette Surgeonfish — quick facts
Care & aquarium requirements
Active, colourful and reef-safe, tangs are perennial best-sellers that move quickly off any retail floor. They graze algae usefully but need room to swim and a vegetable-rich diet to thrive long term.
Compatibility & reef behaviour
Reef-safe and peaceful with most tankmates, tangs nonetheless defend territory against their own kind, so single specimens suit most tanks. Mind the sharp caudal spine when handling. Our tang buyer guide covers selection.
Export packaging & shipping
This species carries spines or a sharp caudal scalpel, so it is double or triple bagged to prevent it from puncturing the bag in transit — a key part of how we protect both the fish and its bagmates. Like all our stock it is purged, bagged in pure oxygen and insulated for the shortest reliable route. For more on how we keep losses low, see our guides on professional packing and mortality prevention.
Order Epaulette Surgeonfish wholesale
Bluefields Aquatics supplies the Epaulette Surgeonfish and 250+ other marine species to wholesale buyers worldwide. See our buyer guide for this group, or browse the species index, request our weekly stocklist for current availability and sizes, or contact our export team to plan an order.