Unusual mimic tang

[Spslvr]

Picked up this guy last week, not sure what he is trying to mimic but thaught it worth sharing. Has anyone seen it before?

 

[Spslvr]

 

[caribfan]

Very cool, wish I could help you, I'm not much of a tang expert.

 

[pinnatus]

Maybe a scribbled angel? At any rate, it is different, and very cool.

 

[nanoreefer1000]

That's a tang, really cool coloration, it could be an aberrant. If so, it's incredibly rare!

 

[fishnerd]

looks like a eibls mimic tang, A. pyroferus. prob from Vanuatu

 

[pinnatus]

That's a tang, really cool coloration, it could be an aberrant. If so, it's incredibly rare!

I know it is a tang, I was thinking it was mimicking a scribbled angel.

 

[Genera]

Any other pics?

 

[Spslvr]

Ill try and get some more pics today, hes been hard to get to sit still lol. I dont think hes an ebli mimic, he was caught locally, possibly a scribble...

 

[Dkuhlmann]

It appears to be mimicking that coral in the background to me.

 

[Spslvr]

It appears to be mimicking that coral in the background to me.

He had this patterning before he went in my display

 

[HBL]

Gorgeous fish!

 

[Dkuhlmann]

He had this patterning before he went in my display

Maybe that should tell you something about where it came from? Whatever the reason it's beautiful. Both the coral and the fish.

 

[Spslvr]

https://vimeo.com/131727582

 

[Genera]

Looks like a juvenile that is kind of transitioning to adult Acanthurus Pyoferus to me! There are many color variants of this species and some keep the juvenile coloration to adulthood some don't, some mimic dwarf angel hybrids, some have different colors in different spots and those change or don't change when transitioning to adults.

Typical Juvenile, yours looks mostly like this with some transitioning visible

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Yes, I have seen one exactly like that locally in Southern California

 

[Spslvr]

Ok i wasnt really fussed with a species id i know what it is, i just thaught it a strange color variant, one i hadnt seen before and was wondering how common this Color varient is in the hobby...

 

[A sea K]

Stunning!!!!
No longer having a large enough system to keep one I must admit the single fish I miss the most is the A. pyroferus. I have never seen one quite like yours, absolutely beautiful.

 

[Genera]

Ok i wasnt really fussed with a species id i know what it is, i just thaught it a strange color variant, one i hadnt seen before and was wondering how common this Color varient is in the hobby...

It probably is a more uncommon color morph, never seen green/turquoise, gradient coloration on the fins, and lighter colored spots on one before.

 

[nanoreefer1000]

Based off of the first picture, I think it's an aberrant/color morph. It's just not as noticeable, but's still similar to other unusual specimens. Like this. http://blog.aquanerd.com/2012/09/wildly-patterned-mimic-tang-spotted-at-ocean-corals-in-the-uk.html