ID tang Please

[jaa1456]

I got this tang from a guy breaking down his tank. It is about 1-1.5"s in length. I have looked everywhere for some kind of ID on it, yet I can not find anything certain. I think it is a Bariene, but who knows. The guy bought it as an Orange Shoulder, which it is clearly not. Here is a photo of it.

 

[MBVette]

a kole?

 

[hugo209]

i agree looks alot like a kole

 

[jaa1456]

It's defintely not a Kole, They are yellow in color at that size and age, then turn to their brownish color.

 

[AquaKnight]

That pic is thatfishplace.com's old pic of their Bariene tang. If you enter "Acanthurus bariene" into google images, it's the first one in the second row.

It is infact a Bariene, not sure what the question/misunderstanding is...

 

[jaa1456]

Thats where I got the pic, it matches my fish 100%. But if you notice none of the other pics look anything like it. And sorry the Question was in the title, I was looking for a 100% ID on it. I hope it is a Bariene but not might be. I was told it was an Atlantic DR fish, but I have never seen one like this in 16 years of diving the atlantic and Caribbean.

 

[JamesJR]

I was going to say A. Blochii but it may well be a Bariene. Hard to tell with many of these juvenille fish.

 

[AquaKnight]

I was going to say A. Blochii but it may well be a Bariene. Hard to tell with many of these juvenille fish.

I thought Blochii's, but they usually have a bright orange spot around the tail-scalpel when juvi's
http://www.qualitymarine.com/Products/Fish/Wild/Tangs/Acanthurus-blochii/Tail-Ring--Juv

 

[jaa1456]

I think I'm gonna have to wait till it gets a little bigger and the colors change some.

 

[jaa1456]

Well it turns out after all to be a Bariene tang, He is now around 4"s and there are plenty of markings starting to show up. Not bad for a free fish.