Orange Stripe Tang

Ctenochaetus striatus. The Orange Stripe Bristletooth Tang is a very colorful and stunning surgeonfish. Orange Stripe Bristletooth Tangs are most more colorful as juveniles where they have a mostly blue body with strong horizontal orange stripes going along its body. When a Orange Stripe Bristletooth Tang becomes an adult, they lost most of their blue and orange coloration and tend up more a tan color.

Orange Stripe Bristletooth Tangs reach a maximum adult size of around 10 inches and need to be kept in tanks that are at least 125 gallons. Orange Stripe Bristletooth Tangs are semi-aggressive fish and shouldn't bother too many other fish, coral or inverts in your tank. This makes the Orange Stripe Bristletooth Tang a good addition to reef tanks.