Tang ID please

gunnwong · #1 05/20/2007, 07:48 PM

I just got this tang from the lfs and the owner said he a new tang that have no common name yet so I would like to know if any one ever see this tang before.
thank you

sorry for the bad picture he won't stop moving.

gunnwong · #2 05/20/2007, 08:29 PM

no one ever see this tang??

gunnwong · #3 05/20/2007, 09:41 PM

So....I guess this really a new specie then???

matttaylor · #4 05/20/2007, 09:42 PM

Whatever species that is doesn't matter, that fish is friggin beautiful!

gunnwong · #5 05/20/2007, 10:07 PM

yes I think so and thank you.

gunnwong · #6 05/20/2007, 10:15 PM

ummm... I think he look like ctenochaetus striatus now, what do you guys think?

scoutmaniak · #7 05/20/2007, 10:28 PM

No idea here, but I agree it is a beautiful fish!!! It looks like a blue Ctenochaetus tominiensis. Good luck with him!!

SDguy · #8 05/20/2007, 10:51 PM

Does it have that upside down triangle shape to its mouth like a Ctenochaetus species tang?

gunnwong · #9 05/21/2007, 12:16 AM

I don't think they do.

Hormigaquatica · #10 05/21/2007, 12:27 AM

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Originally posted by gunnwong
So....I guess this really a new specie then???

Its tough to ID juvenile tangs without seeing them in person. If you need an ID as quickly as you apparently did, I suggest leafing through fishbase.org

If you dont know the species of a tang, theres a good chance it is an Acanthurus species, possibly Ctenochaetus. Yours appears to be Acanthurus. Its a starting place for you at least.

luntiz · #11 05/21/2007, 12:36 AM

From Live Aquaria's WYSIWYG section, might want to post in their subforum for a positive ID.

Onesaltydawg · #12 05/21/2007, 01:12 AM

It looks close to being a Juvenile Atlantic Blue Tang...but I could be wrong

gunnwong · #13 05/21/2007, 02:45 AM

I think he look like the picture that luntiz posted. What kind of tang is that and what Live Aquaria's WYSIWYG section is???

luntiz · #14 05/21/2007, 03:06 AM

It was posted on their Diver's Den probably a month ago. The picture was removed before I could even click on the link to find out its name.

copps · #15 05/21/2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally posted by gunnwong
ummm... I think he look like ctenochaetus striatus now, what do you guys think?

These are both Ctenochaetus striatus.

Casino · #16 05/21/2007, 11:00 AM

I have the same one. Small...like a silver dollar. Got it 2 weeks ago. It is an Orange Lined Tang. Dont know if its new but I havent seen it anywhere before. Glad I got it when I saw it. He is very fiesty for his size. didnt let my other tang (blue eyed kole) bully it when he can home.

copps · #17 05/21/2007, 11:06 AM

These are all variations of Ctenochaetus striatus. A couple of weeks ago a wave of small ones from the Marshall Islands came in that have the same orange and blue striping but with orange tips on the tail...

fishyz · #18 05/21/2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by copps
These are both Ctenochaetus striatus.

It is definitely a juvi striped bristletooth tang (Ctenochaetus striatus). I have an adult in my 90g, and it is the best fish I have ever had.

gunnwong · #19 05/21/2007, 12:10 PM

fishyz: Any picture of your tang? I want to see the diff. in juvi. and adult.

As of now he not eating my prepare food but he eat off of lr and he eat a lot of macroalgae.

thank you

Casino · #20 05/21/2007, 05:00 PM

After seeing copps pic im even more thrilled I picked up my little guy up when I saw it. Not to worry gunnwong. Mine didnt eat for several days and now is the first to recognize the food jar. As long as its eating and picking on the LR he will be fine.

gunnwong · #21 05/23/2007, 01:12 AM

Today: he start to eatting now... hope he will be ok now.

gunnwong · #22 05/23/2007, 04:43 PM

For the ppl that have this fish may I ask how much you got them for?
thanks

copps · #23 05/23/2007, 04:45 PM

That recent wave of stunners from the Marshalls should have retailed for about $80 to $100, but the blander type striatus range from cheaper to much cheaper

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gunnwong · #24 05/23/2007, 04:49 PM

So all people that have this fish, all of them should be juvi? That mean no one know yet how big they will get and do they will change color when they become adult?

copps · #25 05/23/2007, 05:03 PM

Most of these get blander with age just like chevrons (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis), but some variants hold their color through adulthood... There are photos of a a school of adults in this book below of a variant very similar to the one I pictured that is just as stunning as adults...

Here is a xanthic aberrant C. striatus photographed in the Maldives... pretty neat