Color change in tangs. (juvenile vs adult)

[Kiel'thalin]

I am having trouble finding images of several species of tang that exhibit a major change in coloration from juvenile to adult. Does anyone have an example of this? So far I have only found a couple and was just kinda curious from an image standpoint. Thanks.

 

[thriceanangel]

Yeah, I posed about mimic tang changes, I got no respnse here. I asked what the adults looked like because although I had seen a couple pictures, they were different, and I'd like to see what they look like. Plus the post rate on this board can high so the next time I check, its gone past the last page.

 

[thor32766]

the orange shoulder tang goes from yellow to a grey color and the atlantic blues go from yellow also to blue. Look for images in yahoo or something.

 

[MJAnderson]

Liveaquaria has decent pics

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=18

 

[Kiel'thalin]

Thanks thor, and mj, those are angels, not tangs. Here is an example of a Orange Shoulder Tang (Acanthurus olivaceus):

I know that if you get a young enough clown tang, there coloration looks nothing like the adult specimen. I just can't find an image of his juvenile state. Thanks

 

[Kiel'thalin]

Here are a few others:

Unicorn Tang (Naso unicornis)

Vlamingi Tang (Naso vlamingii)

Chevron Tang (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis)

Atlantic Blue (Acanthurus coeruleus)

Chocolate or Mimic Tang (Acanthurus pyroferus)

Dussumier Tang (Acanthurus dussumieri)

Blue Spot Naso (Naso Lopezi or Elongate Unicorn?)

Whitefaced Tang (Acanthurus nigrofuscus)

 

[MJAnderson]

Oops! Missed that you were specifically looking for tangs...