Acanthurus ID

[Flash Fish]

Does any one now is ID?

I have him fort almost one year now and i canÃ"šÃ‚´t find it?

ThankÃ"šÃ‚´s

 

[CaveManNOhio]

It's in the Surgeon family for sure. Having a hard time finding a perfect match. I'll get a friend of mine to check this thread, he's real good at fish id's.

 

[Rascal]

Looks like Acanthurus xanthopterus - the yellow fin tang. Do you know where he came from? They are common in Hawaii.

 

[Jeffie]

Looks similar to a yellowfin but it looks like it's body is to short height wise. They have a bit of a different body shape. If it is a yellow fin they get huge. We have 4 of them that are getting to be a pretty good size. When I was diving out in Hawaii a few years back, I saw many of them and the are gigantic. Absolutely a beautiful fish in the wild.

 

[Rascal]

Agreed. But he looks like a juv.

 

[Flash Fish]

Thank you all.


Rascal I think that he came from Hawaii, in the pet store was together with Ctenochaetus strigosus.

Jeffie How BIG?


Now I have a good excuse to have a larger tank :lol:

 

[Billybeau1]

Flash, According to my book, the Acanthurus xanthopterus (Purple surgeonfish) will grow to about 62 cm (24 in) yikes !

On another note, Its hard to tell from the picture but he could be a Acanthurus bahianus (Ocean Surgeon). They have similar markings but only get 30 cm. And they come from the tropical western atlantic. Again hard to tell from the pics.

 

[Rascal]

Yea, I would consider a bigger tank and you can use what you have now as a refugium to grow his food...lots of algae.

 

[Flash Fish]

More pics,

( the last one gives an interesting perspective but is a little dis-focus )


I hope they cold help more.

 

[Billybeau1]

Well looking at those new pics, it looks closer to me of the bahianus. The xanthopterus has a little shorter body.

Besides, I'm wondering why any reputable LFS would sell someone a fish that gets 24 in long without warning them. Unless they didnt know which would be a shame. My vote goes to Ocean surgeon.

 

[Rascal]

Again, since they are congenurs it would be virtually impossible to positively ID him without at least knowing which ocean he is from. And even then it would be difficult. In the mean time give him a good home, feed him well, watch him grow, and tell everyone that he is really rare.

 

[Flash Fish]

Rascal I will do that.

Mi next topic would be 250 Gal project :lol:

 

[CaveManNOhio]

Those pictures are sweet. That is a sweet fish. I wish I could up-grade to a 250 gal sysytem.

Besides, I'm wondering why any reputable LFS would sell someone a fish that gets 24 in long without warning them. Unless they didnt know which would be a shame. My vote goes to Ocean surgeon.

It's sad but as many of us know. There are many places that just sell them because they are pretty and expensive. They couldn't tell you any thing about what it takes to care for them. I am lucky here. I have at least 3 very trust worthy lfs that I work with here in Columbus, OH.

Here is a picture of my Ctenochaetus truncatus. Your's look's kinda like him at first. Just know spots. I was thinking your's might be a juv. But then the more I look at it at didn't think so any more.

 

[Rascal]

They're both tangs, but belong to different genera. Their feeding habits are distinctly different. Nice picture, and nice fish though.

 

[Psyire]

Sure it's not an Atlantic Blue Tang? Acanthurus coeruleus

I have one, but mine is still in Juvenile form...

Links:

http://www.etropicals.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=41&pCatId=1247

http://species.fishindex.com/photo_27141acanthurus_coeruleus_atlantic_blue_tang.html

 

[Rascal]

Definitely not!

 

[ramone]

I'm pretty sure that is A. bahianus.

 

[cindy288]

That looks like a Lavender Tang from Hawaii

 

[jimbo045]

A Hawaiian brown tang or Palani. It gets large and agresive, I took mine out. JD

 

[hock51]

I agree with jimbo, it looks like a palani (acanthurus dussumieri) juvenile