False Powder Blue Tang??

[forddna]

I came across this fish looking for info on another tang, on google. When I tried searching for more info, all I could find was the same scientific name given to it as is given to the real PBT.

I can't post the link to the fish I found on here, unfortunately, but the fish was colored very similarly but shaped more like a bristletooth type tang.

Anybody hear of these before??

 

[forddna]

Here's a picture. The retailer says the body is purple with a black face. Other than that, it doesn't really explain anything.

Compare to:

Note the solid white anal and pelvic fins on the "real" PBT.

 

[forddna]

Okay, maybe it's the same scientific name because it's just a color variant??? I think the photo angle deceived me into thinking the fish was a totally different body type. Also, the lack of the black lining on the tail could just be too much flash from the camera???

Did I just answer my own question? LOL

 

[Amoore311]

The first photo is just really bad lol.

 

[forddna]

Yes, it is! But it does show differences that are really there.

 

[cl2ysta1]

just looks like a color morph to me

 

[Terryz_]

Seem like a hybrid... If can show the color of the tail, it would be easier to identify what hybrid is it... Most likely a Gold Rim X Powder Blue...