Please help ID this Tang

[hnnhflns]

Does anyone know what kind of tang this is? The shop label said "Purple Tang", but it obviously is not anywhere close to looking like a Zebrasoma species.

I am thinking that it is a Lieutenant Tang (A. tennenti) or the Lavender (A. nigrofuscus), but I really have no clue.

It is super healthy, been in QT for 3 weeks now with no problems and eats like a pig. I just don't know what type of tang it is.

 

[maxxII]

It's so small that ID will be kinda difficult with that picture.

It's definitely an Acanthurus tang and not a Zebrasoma.

I'm leaning towards A.tennetti like you suspect or A.maculeps.

Can you take more pictures of it?

 

[pinnatus]

I love its bright colors near the top center!

Maybe Disco Tang?

 

[hnnhflns]

 

[hnnhflns]

I love its bright colors near the top center!

Maybe Disco Tang?

I wish it was a new tang species, but it's just a reflection of the full spectrum LED light on the QT system

 

[hnnhflns]

It's so small that ID will be kinda difficult with that picture.

It's definitely an Acanthurus tang and not a Zebrasoma.

I'm leaning towards A.tennetti like you suspect or A.maculeps.

Can you take more pictures of it?

I would have said A. maucileps, but those juveniles would be stripped and this tang is not

 

[BlueMac92]

Not maucileps. I think either lavender or one of the larger acanthurus tangs. The lines on the dorsal fin make me think monroviae or one of the other larger ones. Name is escaping me right now, going to drive me crazy...

 

[maxxII]

I'm going with a lavender tang after all:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+1445&pcatid=1445

Google image search Acanthurus nigrofuscus

 

[hnnhflns]

I'm going with a lavender tang after all:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+1445&pcatid=1445

Google image search Acanthurus nigrofuscus

I have been googling so many tangs that they started looking all the same! But looking at the nigrofuscus is what made me think it was the lavender.

 

[kmbyrnes]

Beautiful fish in any case. Let us know when it grows up and can be positively ID'd

 

[hnnhflns]

I definitely will! It's out of QT now, and doing very well!

 

[moriarty]

I know that this thread is a bit older, but I'm thinking that you have a juvie Acanthurus leucocheilus. (Pale lipped surgeon). Fairly uncommon in the hobby, and a very nice looking tang as an adult IMO. Nice find!