New baby tang

[wongkwp]

Picked up this baby today, can anyone help me to id it?

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[Deahttub]

Harld to tell but looks like a clown tang to me...

 

[pyithar]

clown tang

 

[jraker]

+1 clown tang

how big is your tank

 

[Maritimer]

What about the orange-striped bristle-tooth, Ctenochaetus striatus?

http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/surgeonfishes/ctenochaetus-striatus.htm

Saw some recently at a local shop, and they look a _lot_ like this guy as youngsters. As adults, their patterning changes to a darker ground with finer pinstriping, but they keep those elegant fins.

~Bruce

 

[BigBlueTang]

What about the orange-striped bristle-tooth, Ctenochaetus striatus?

http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/surgeonfishes/ctenochaetus-striatus.htm

Saw some recently at a local shop, and they look a _lot_ like this guy as youngsters. As adults, their patterning changes to a darker ground with finer pinstriping, but they keep those elegant fins.

~Bruce

I'm going to agree here... The face looks more like a bristletooth than a mean clown tang...

 

[trembz]

I hope for you it's not a clown tang... one of the most difficult fish to keep in my opinion and often carrying some sort of parasite

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[wongkwp]

Thank you everyone for the feedback. Hopefully it is not a clown tang. When it was in the tank at the lfs, it's tail is white color. It never came across my mind that it could be a clown tang.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

It's a clown tang. The shape of its face and mouth suggest Acanthurus. I've seen juvi Striated tangs. Their stripes look different.

 

[OrionN]

Why not take a picture of him in the water? IMO, he is a orange-striped bristle-tooth. The spot at the base of the tail in this fish is c/w bristle tooth, not clown tang.
Best of luck

 

[wongkwp]

He is in the quarantine tank now, mostly in the hiding yesterday evening. I'll try to take a picture when I get home from work.


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[brett559]

Why not take a picture of him in the water? IMO, he is a orange-striped bristle-tooth. The spot at the base of the tail in this fish is c/w bristle tooth, not clown tang.
Best of luck

Definitely looks like one of those based on the pictures on LA. Not much to look at...

 

[CoralsAddiction]

He is in the quarantine tank now, mostly in the hiding yesterday evening. I'll try to take a picture when I get home from work.


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Do you see any shade of yellow or is it just blue stripes on the body?

 

[wongkwp]

Here are some pictures I took this evening.

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[OrionN]

That is not a clown tang

 

[wongkwp]

That is not a clown tang

Thanks. That is good to know. Is it some kind of bristletooth tang?

 

[pyithar]

ya it looks like a bristletooth tang.

 

[wongkwp]

After doing some further research, it looks like this is Ctenochaetus striatus. What do you all think?

 

[Flippers4pups]

Bingo! That's it! 10" he will get. Hope you have a large tank.

 

[crazymnkeyman77]

What about the orange-striped bristle-tooth, Ctenochaetus striatus?

http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/surgeonfishes/ctenochaetus-striatus.htm

Saw some recently at a local shop, and they look a _lot_ like this guy as youngsters. As adults, their patterning changes to a darker ground with finer pinstriping, but they keep those elegant fins.

~Bruce

I'm going to agree here... The face looks more like a bristletooth than a mean clown tang...

hes definitely a bristletooth tang, pull up a side by side picture from google and you wouldnt be able to tell the difference.