Fish ID, (Queen or townsend)

[juuniz]

this fish came from carribean, so i'm not sure which is it, townsend or queen..

my first guess is Queen since it has full yellow tail, but when i look closer it has a straight white bar just like blue angel, so i assume it's a hybrid

pics

TIA

 

[redman1221]

Its a queen angel

 

[Recty]

Hmmm, the remaining line structure is pretty straight, typical of a Blue, although it does look like a Queen otherwise.

I'd say you're probably right that it's a Townsend, a blue/queen hybrid.

 

[juuniz]

that's what i thought, but my LFS differ queen from brazil and carribean, he said it was carribean queen

pic with other fish

 

[SDguy]

The blue at the dorsal/anal fins where they hit the caudal peduncle is pretty minimal for a queen. I'd also guess tentatively hybrid.

 

[agreeive?fish]

I think its a prety fish nomatter what name you give it...it wont know the diffrence in what you call it and i dont think the temperment is going to be any diffrent if its a full blood queen or a blue queen mix...its still pretty and will still want to be the tank boss. if i was looking for a queen, blue or a mixed i would not hesitate to buy it based on looks/coloring /species?

 

[philter4]

It is a hybrid, the best way to tell is it looks like a queen with a small or missing crown. A full queen has a well developed crown with lots of small blue spots and a drk black center. If you look at the photo, the crown isn't well developed and small add to the fact that it is queen colored on the rest of the body but has streight white stripes, and it points to a townsend.

It is probably not a 50-50 hybrid, there is a fact that many don't consider when talking about townsends and that is that the townsends breed with both blue and queens, making the resulting offspring more like on parent then the other. This only adds to the confusion of identity.

 

[SDguy]

Queen/blue hybrids are fertile?

 

[juuniz]

i bought the fish on mid july and have been qt-ing with achilles tang as seen in pics

It get beaten pretty bad by King Angel when i put it in on mid august, so i decide to catch the king and all other bullies..

since then it try to dominate the tank, chasing flameback(old resident) and now the achilles too -__-

for me it doesn't matter whether it's a queen or townsend, i just want to make a clarification because townsend is slightly more expensive than queen..

Happy Reefing :lol:

 

[juuniz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13239187#post13239187 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SDguy
Queen/blue hybrids are fertile?

i dont have her pair anyway :lol: , so it doesn't matter

 

[Recty]

Weird that a townsend is more expensive than a queen, the queen is the more desirable of the two imo.

 

[Sheol]

I'd definitely pay more for a pure Queen than a hybrid. Well, no matter. Its still a beautiful fish, after all!

Matthew

 

[WuHT]

So is there a checklist to tell apart queen angels from townsendi/blues ?

I've heard so far :
1) Crown formation (blue vs townsendi/queen)
2) Yellow tail (blue vs townsendi/queen)
3)Blue near penduncle ? (queen vs townsendi/blue)

Any others ? Unless my little list is wrong..

 

[Recty]

Queen angels also have stripes that curve back towards the tail, when young, whereas the Blue doesnt.

A Townsendi might have either, so just because it has curved stripes doesnt guarantee it's a queen, but if it lacks curved stripes it should guarantee it isn't a queen.