Raccoon Butterfly Redsea or Indo?

[Felixc]

I have a chance to pick up a small pair of Redsea Raccoon butterfly and was wondering if anyone can clearly identify them from the Indo variety. Looking at this pair, both under 2", I don't know if it's possible to differentiate them. Are there markings or colors I should look for?

 

[SDguy]

A good read:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/raccoon.htm

 

[Felixc]

thanks for link. I can clearly see the differences in those pictures, assuming those are fishes that are 4" or bigger and have gone through the majority of their color changes already. My two that I am looking at are both under 2" and I am just not certain if the color differences at this size is still yet to change. Tell me what you think of this, these two have the conspicious black spots just before the caudal fin, this tells me that it's an Indo pacific, right?

 

[SDguy]

Look at the forehead, it's pretty clear, regardless of size.

 

[Felixc]

yes indeed the white on forehead is quite clear. I will have to double check on that tmr.

 

[SDguy]

Not the white. The stripe. The regular one has a black stripe running from the eye area up to the dorsal area. The Red Sea one doesn't. It just has a dark forehead area.