Need Help What type of Yellow Tang is this?

[kripas]

A local fish store here in the Philippines sold me a 'Yellow Tang,' but another LFS told me that it is not a real Yellow Tang, but rather a Yellow Scopas Tang. Is this correct? Uploaded 3 videos

https://imgur.com/a/UPNiRCH

 

[Reefing102]

It looks like a yellow tang to me. While mainly native to Hawaii it’s not unheard of that they are found elsewhere in the pacific.

That said, it may be a captive bred one from Biota or another breeder (I think there’s one other company that breeds tangs but not certain).

 

[wvned]

Pictures of both out there. Looks like the scopas to me.

 

[kripas]

It looks like a yellow tang to me. While mainly native to Hawaii it’s not unheard of that they are found elsewhere in the pacific.

That said, it may be a captive bred one from Biota or another breeder (I think there’s one other company that breeds tangs but not certain).

This is caught wild. Philippines do not run captive bred here , its caught in the ocean when low tide

 

[griss]

Yellow tangs and Scopus are both in the Zebramosa genus. Maybe it’s a yellow colored juvenile Scopus?

@Dr. Reef might have some insight.

 

[kripas]

I think is it

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