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AussieAdam
09/14/2014, 11:03 AM
Anyone got any ideas on this juvenile tang?
Was at my lfs was listed as a yellow tang but looks more like a bristle-tooth, the workers at the shop agreed that it probably wasn't a yellow tang but it came in with a shipment of yellow tangs, it's very small maybe 3/4", it is pure yellow no spots stripes or blues showing yet! http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/14/d5be2e90d85149981951ffa588e71423.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/14/8a98192f39922f666f208e64ab788669.jpg
fishhuman
09/14/2014, 11:06 AM
Bristletooth or carribean yellow morph
Flippers4pups
09/14/2014, 11:24 AM
Body shape is a bristletooth.
Dmorty217
09/14/2014, 11:26 AM
Bristletooth of some sort like mentioned above. The caudal and anal fins appear to have blue at the tips
criticalencore
09/14/2014, 11:39 AM
Juvenille kole tang?
saltyair
09/14/2014, 11:44 AM
Pacific blue tang
that is very white and hungry
CoralsAddiction
09/14/2014, 11:51 AM
I lean towards voting atlantic blue tang as well. Would be easier to tell if the fish's mouth was closed in the pic. Otherwise makes it look like a bristletooth.
kw22
09/14/2014, 12:31 PM
It reminds me of the squaretail bristletooth tang,but I agree it probably is an Atlantic Blue :)
AussieAdam
09/14/2014, 12:31 PM
My first though after looking online was Caribbean blue tang, but the lfs import their own fish from the pacific and this arrived with the normal yellow tangs! Has me puzzled but quite enjoying the mystery!
Yes there is a slight blueness to the fins but not sure if this is just the light (running at 14k) catching on the fin edges
Rea17
09/14/2014, 12:54 PM
Definitely not an Atlantic blue, definitely a juvie bristletooth of some sort.
hogfanreefer
09/14/2014, 03:04 PM
C. truncatus, I would bet on it....course I might lose my shirt!
AussieAdam
09/14/2014, 03:36 PM
I guess in time it's identity will become more clear! Thanks all for the ideas! It's settled in really well, feeding well and very active! Will update if any stripes or spots appear! :)
Rea17
09/14/2014, 03:53 PM
C. truncatus, I would bet on it....course I might lose my shirt!

Probably, now that you mention it in the second picture I see some spots coming in behind the eye.
AussieAdam
09/14/2014, 04:01 PM
Do you know if C. truncatus shares the same range as Zebrasoma flavescens?
hogfanreefer
09/14/2014, 04:43 PM
Do you know if C. truncatus shares the same range as Zebrasoma flavescens?

I don't think so. C. truncatus is Indian Ocean, East Africa, Christmas Island. Z. flavescens is western/central Pacific
CoralsAddiction
09/14/2014, 05:45 PM
Do you know if C. truncatus shares the same range as Zebrasoma flavescens?


Could you post a picture with its mouth closed? Acanthurus mouth is fairly easy distinguishable from Bristletooth family.
AussieAdam
09/14/2014, 05:52 PM
Could you post a picture with its mouth closed? Acanthurus mouth is fairly easy distinguishable from Bristletooth family.


These are the only other pics I took earlier, it's lights out now but can try again tomorrow, he seems to have his mouth open a lot http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/14/7faaa24b1ca6d158a404a45fbfeebfd9.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/14/58ea07625a1e5c3e10565038aa898e93.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/14/cf3d225d42c75aafa3525132d03aaf5c.jpg
pinnatus
09/14/2014, 06:42 PM
These are the only other pics I took earlier, it's lights out now but can try again tomorrow, he seems to have his mouth open a lot
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