ID tang(looks like elbino?)

[Lanzo.]

Hey guys

Im landing this tang tomorrow

What do you guys say this is...my best guys would be a:

Leucistic Blue Eye Kole Tang

Here you guys go:

 

[5h3rW1N]

it looks like a regular blue eye kole tang ctenochaetus binotatus but im liking what you'll be getting.

very nice

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=865&cid=287

 

[Lanzo.]

and the colour of the fish...it doesnt look the same to me?

 

[Lanzo.]

The blue eye kole has a blue stripe on the dorsalfin

 

[Yurivd]

i have mailed John
lets have a look what he thinks

 

[5h3rW1N]

it was just a comparison. like what you said
ID tang(looks like elbino?)

 

[Lanzo.]

it was just a comparison. like what you said
ID tang(looks like elbino?)

Shot man

would like to know if someone has seen one like this before

 

[Lanzo.]

i have mailed John
lets have a look what he thinks

Thanks yuri

 

[tcmfish]

I doubt it keeps those colors in the aquarium, good luck keep us posted.

 

[Lanzo.]

way would you say that?

 

[skibum9884]

very cool. please post some more pictures when you get it tomorrow. maybe someone can shed some light on what it is, but I agree it looks like a variant of a blue-eye kole (and when I say variant, I mean something wrong genetically!).

 

[rekn]

its just streesed

 

[AuroraDrvr]

It is a xanthic morph, likely caused by only consuming a single dietary item in the wild. There have been xanthic triggers and angelfish that come in, and quickly change back into normal coloration once their food source exhausts.

If it were an albino, it would not have pigmentation in the eyes, thus it would have the classic "red-eyes".

Here is a xanthic triggerfish. It came in all white like your surgeonfish did, but it changed coloration back in a matter of weeks.

 

[5h3rW1N]

+1 AuroraDrvr

 

[jmccown]

looks like a lavender tang to me. coloration is a little off but will likely be restored with time.

 

[Rainfords]

Kole tangs are my favorite surgeon fish, especially blue eyed ones!

Even if it changes colors with an aquarium diet it is still a sweet fish. Take lots of pics and keep us posted if he starts changing!

 

[Rainfords]

The bright pinkish orange coloration reminds me of a flamingo. Maybe he got tired of eating salad and started eating mad amounts of shrimp cocktail! :thumbsup:

 

[Yurivd]

I doubt it keeps those colors in the aquarium, good luck keep us posted.

this fish is 8 inch

 

[copps]

i have mailed John
lets have a look what he thinks

Thanks Yuri (and Tim) for emailing the photo of this fish as I cannot view it. Lanzo, as has been mentioned, this is a xanthic Ctenochaetus genus fish... likely Ctenochaetus binotatus (binotatus means two black spots, which this fish lacks for now). I've received many fish like this through many families including surgeons, and they all revert back to normal color over the course of a few months time. Many color morphs I have have stayed through time, but any showing this lack of pigmentation like this without true albinism have reverted back. My theory is that this is something that the fish is genetically predisposed to in combination with their diet... when brought to captivity and given a varied diet the pigments come back. In the wild apparently these fish keep this coloration over time as I've spoken with a few divers that have tracked individual specimens...

C. binotatus is pretty widespread, but did this fish perhaps come from Sumatra by chance?

Copps

 

[Yurivd]

this one is from Kenya