Tang ID

[dviper150]

I placed an order for fish online and I received the wrong fish. I got a tang in that came in a bit skinny so I put the guy in my 29 gallon refugium until he fattens up a little. He is about 5 inches and wanted to know what tang this is? any ideas? Thanks in advance.

These are the best pictures I could take but at the base of the tail, there is suppose to be a yellowish ring around it. The tail fin is a little bluish and the body is a brownish/blackish color. In the pictures, it isn't like that. It changes the colors periodically but I am assuming he is still stressed out from the shipping.

 

[SWking19]

looks like a hybrid

 

[Beaun]

Lavender Tang?

 

[willandmelsreef]

can't figure out from photos, but what are you going to do...ship it back or keep it

 

[dviper150]

Its not a lavender tang. The body is actually darker but with flash and stress, it seems much lighter. Also, it has a yellowish ring around its tail which is faded in the pictures. I called up the company and told them and they said I can keep the wrong fish they shipped to me and they will ship out the right fish but I don't have space in my refugium at the moment for the fish I wanted.

 

[VacavilleFC3S]

5" tang 29g QT??? he's not going to last long

 

[Beaun]

Fowleri?

 

[dviper150]

5" tang 29g QT??? he's not going to last long

Not really keeping him in there long term. Just for a couple weeks to fatten him up a little.

 

[dviper150]

Fowleri?

I will take more pictures tonight once he settles down and colors come back in. Maybe it will be easier to identify then.

 

[dviper150]

here are a few more pics. The body does get darker and you can see a faded whitish ring around its tail.

 

[jaa1456]

Sure looks like a lavender to me.

 

[dviper150]

I searched goggle for a lavender tang and I don't think it is one. They don't have the whitish ring around their tail and their spines are black. This guy has white spines with the whitish ring. You can't see that ring that much because it is faded a bit but you can see where the ring comes in on the base of its tail.

 

[Recty]

Looks like a young dussumieri tang to me... hard to say though. It's got the right color blade on it's tail and the markings on the pectoral fins look about right.

 

[reefsic]

Fowleri?

+1. Looks like a young Fowleri Tang!

 

[SDguy]

It looks exactly like a pic on WWM labeled fowleri, but WWM isn't always the best for difficult ID's. At 5" I'm surprised it doesn't have a bit more color if it's a fowleri.

 

[dviper150]

It looks exactly like a pic on WWM labeled fowleri, but WWM isn't always the best for difficult ID's. At 5" I'm surprised it doesn't have a bit more color if it's a fowleri.

Doesn't the fowleri have a black spine though and not a white one?

 

[SDguy]

Which is why I don't get this label:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Pix Of The Day Marine/POTD SW Arch 330-360/swpotdarch338.htm

Could it be Acanthurus leucocheilus?

 

[dviper150]

That is the fish I have but its not a fowleri. They have it labeled wrong. liveaquaria has a different picture for the fowleri tang.

 

[dviper150]

Looks like a young dussumieri tang to me... hard to say though. It's got the right color blade on it's tail and the markings on the pectoral fins look about right.

Do dussumieri tangs have the maze like pattern on their body since juveniles or do they get that as they mature?

 

[dviper150]

I may be wrong but I think its this guy....http://www.petco.com/product/112895/Tang-Black-Spot.aspx?CoreCat=Saltwater Fish

I tried searching the name on goggle and got nothing.

Here is another link but in this picture, the tang has a maze like pattern where as in the last link it doesn't.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1536+2880&pcatid=2880