Tang with green coloration

[WuHT]

Are there any tangs with green ?

I was snorkeling in hawaii, and either saw a green body or green tail (oddly i am now unsure) on some tang fish (was highly certain the fish had a tang shape and not wrasse/parrotfish)

I did look up some pictures online and noticed something
: http://saltwater.tropicalfishandaquariums.com/Tangs/LavenderTangPhoto.asp

Which is highly different looking from the average acanthurus nigrofuscus.

Any comments on this or whether there are any surgeonfish with green ?

 

[reeferstace]

I have had an A. nigrofuscus and it was not green at all. None of the ones I have ever seen were remotely green. I think the colors in that photo you linked are due to lighting.

 

[WuHT]

Yeah thats what I was worried about. It was really shallow water that i was snorkelling at that I saw many of these tangs with the green colour though, so is it a region specific green ?

I'm pretty sure they exist, but I can't ID the specimen (though I agree the average LFS lavender tang is dark and as nice as the picture).

And I also wish i rented a underwater camera

 

[betamed]

It was probably due to the lighting and water clarity. compared to the wild its amazing how different artificial lighting can make some fish and corals look.

 

[WuHT]

Weird though, the wild ones look better than any store/photo i've seen (save for the one i linked).

Kinda the opposite of what I expected