What juvie tang is this?

[hogfanreefer]

 

[MrCaveman]

Atlantic blue tang?

 

[bialy]

Atlantic blue

 

[hogfanreefer]

Dang, I knew it was too good to be true. It was listed as a Ctenochaetus tang species that I was very interested in collected in Polynesia.

 

[Rea17]

It's not an Atlantic blue. Could be the juvie white tail it's listed as, but the fin shape looks wrong. Definitely a bristletooth though.

 

[hogfanreefer]

What other bristletooth is yellow as a juvie?

 

[Rea17]

A couple I think, I know Ctenochaetus truncatus has the yellow coloration as well as the pblue eyes as a juvie.

 

[hogfanreefer]

Isn't truncatus tail more square than the first pic?

Maybe a bionatus? This is a juvie bionatus from fishbase.

 

[GroktheCube]

Juvie binotatus maybe? Mine has much more prominently blue eyes, but he was already mostly turned to adult colors (deep purple with bright yellow tail and some orange stripes) when I got him at 3", so I can't say for sure if his eyes were less blue as a baby. The shape is right.

 

[Rea17]

Binotatus is also a likely candidate, looks pretty spot on with the body shape.

 

[hogfanreefer]

Ok, I took a chance...not really a chance because if I can't find a C. flavicauda a Two Spot bristletooth will be fine. I placed the order and the fish I got today does not look at all like the photo in the first post. He's starting to change in to his adult colors already! Tell me what you think. Do I have a White tail bristletooth tang (Ctenochaetus flavicauda)?

 

[Rea17]

Looks like it! Identical to the "adult" I purchased from them.

 

[GroktheCube]

Looks like it to me! Congrats. I was holding out for one for a while, but ended up with my twinspot instead. Gorgeous fish.

 

[mayjong]

wow, nice !