Angel Fish ID

danfishman · 05/05/2012, 09:49 PM

So hopefully someone can clarify an ID for me,

I came accross this Pomacanthus juvenile while I was at an LFS yesterday. It caught my eye as the colour is quite light, almost white. It came with a bunch of juvenile/ changing bluefaces but is obviously different. My guess is a 6 bar angel but a couple things don't look right from others i have seen and pictures i have seen on the net. Most noteably the yellow coloring on the anal fin along the edge, and then there doesn't seem to be any black bars showing. Shouldn't they be quite obvious by now?? It was about 4 inches long.
I took a dodgy video, hope its enough!

So what's everyones thoughts??

nanoreefer1000 · 05/05/2012, 10:03 PM

Blue face?

danfishman · 05/05/2012, 10:13 PM

There was no yellow mask on it's face........ Non at all. Bit hard to see that on the video though.

clowntriggerfis · 05/05/2012, 11:27 PM

P. sexstriatus six bar angel

danfishman · 05/06/2012, 12:41 AM

Shouldn't there be the black bars??

Do they have yellow in there finnage??

Could it be a hybrid???

philter4 · 05/06/2012, 05:50 AM

Those are juvenile colors, it will change to the typical adult pattern with age.

Kahuna Tuna · 05/06/2012, 06:09 PM

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P. sexstriatus six bar angel

+1 that was guess as well.

05/05/2012, 09:49 PM	#1
danfishman Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 204	Angel Fish ID So hopefully someone can clarify an ID for me, I came accross this Pomacanthus juvenile while I was at an LFS yesterday. It caught my eye as the colour is quite light, almost white. It came with a bunch of juvenile/ changing bluefaces but is obviously different. My guess is a 6 bar angel but a couple things don't look right from others i have seen and pictures i have seen on the net. Most noteably the yellow coloring on the anal fin along the edge, and then there doesn't seem to be any black bars showing. Shouldn't they be quite obvious by now?? It was about 4 inches long. I took a dodgy video, hope its enough! So what's everyones thoughts??

05/06/2012, 05:50 AM	#6
philter4 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sunrise fl Posts: 1,497	Those are juvenile colors, it will change to the typical adult pattern with age. __________________ Life is short, buy fish Current Tank Info: 1 fish and 1 reef new 24 gal current nano

05/05/2012, 10:03 PM	#2
nanoreefer1000 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Bay Area,CA Posts: 693	Blue face?

05/05/2012, 10:13 PM	#3
danfishman Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 204	There was no yellow mask on it's face........ Non at all. Bit hard to see that on the video though.

05/05/2012, 11:27 PM	#4
clowntriggerfis Moved On Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 773	P. sexstriatus six bar angel

05/06/2012, 12:41 AM	#5
danfishman Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 204	Shouldn't there be the black bars?? Do they have yellow in there finnage?? Could it be a hybrid???