need help To ID a tang

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Please look in my Photo Gallery and id this tang

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http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/19982tang.jpg

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here are some more pix of it
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/19982tang2.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/19982tang3.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/19982tang4.jpg

[zoocrazy]

it's an atlantic blue tang....since he has his adult coloration i'm gonna guess he's about 5''? how close was i?

steph

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he is 4

[Odin1]

I dunno cause he looks a little to dark. I havent seen them in captivity but when I was in Jamaica and at the reefs I saw plenty of them and they where all a little blue. The same with the books I have. I could be wrong but it just looks to dark.

[Odin1]

all a lighter blue

[joetbs]

It's some sort Ctenochaetus sp.

[JDS]

Possibly a chevron tang

[floridajhawk]

def not a chevron they turn brown as they mature

[JDS]

Originally posted by floridajhawk
def not a chevron they turn brown as they mature

more like black when mature.

[floridajhawk]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...lr%3D%26sa%3DN

[floridajhawk]

chevron stripes are not perfectly straight such as the ones i the third pic I believe and once again NOT BLACK, looks like he could be a slight variation on the atlantic blue if you look at close details though

[JDS]

Originally posted by floridajhawk
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...lr%3D%26sa%3DN

I am just going by what they're saying on wetwebmedia. I've never had one so I can't speak from personal observation.

[JDS]

Originally posted by floridajhawk
chevron stripes are not perfectly straight such as the ones i the third pic I believe and once again NOT BLACK, looks like he could be a slight variation on the atlantic blue if you look at close details though

to me his fin structure doesn't look right to be a Atlantic blue. I think like mentioned above it is a ctenochaetus SP of some sort.

[cubano2480]

def not a chevron tang

[cubano2480]

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/z...igrofuscus.htm

[cubano2480]

or http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/z...Cbinotatus.htm

[floridajhawk]

I say that second one def good call on that pic, this was a tough one let me tell ya

[dvmsn]

I am gonna say Ctenochaetus striatus http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ctenocha.htm

[Kahuna Tuna]

It's a Ctenochaetus tang for sure, they have that very distinctive mouth. I am inclined to agree with dvmsn on the ID so far.

[Jeffie]

I just looked it up in my surgeonfish and rabbitfish ID book. It is a Ctenochaetus striatus. Looks like the form that comes from the Maldives. Looks identical to the one you have. The ones from Japan, Red Sea, Bali and Micronesia look similar but a little different. There is a nuptual color phase where they are white that comes from the Maldives too.