Tang ID

[TXStateUnivReef]

I got this from my LFS anyone got an idea when it getts [profanity] off it gets alot of wavy white lines thats go laterally down its body

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w244/cr1161/HPIM1429.jpg

[LisaD]

I think it looks a little like C. flavicauda

http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=59589&genusname=Ctenochaetus&speciesname=flavicauda

These pics are tiny, but here is a selection you can choose from. :)

http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/PBS/images/JER/images.asp?size=&cols=&nm=Acanthuridae

[marinelife]

I have the same fish and have yet to ID it, mine is sick right now and I can not get it out to treat it. it is a great fish. I hope you can find an ID for it

[LisaD]

what about this one, currently listed on liveaquaria's Diver's Den?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?ddid=18961&siteid=20

It's only 2 inches, so it's a juvenile, may color up differently as an adult. Have you tried looking at any of the marine atlas books?

[t5Nitro]

I don't think it's that one. Off color and no stripes on his.

[anydarnthing]

Maybe A. Thompsoni, A. Auranticavus, or A. Fowleri kind of looks like yours. Can't tell exactly but I think its a Thompsoni.

[ATP]

I vote Ctenochaetus flavicauda, too.

There is a good picture of one, World Atlas of Marine Fishes, Kuiter, Debelius; p. 672.
Also, try Google or Google Scholar, for more pics, etc. of C.
flavicauda

[Amphiprion]

Can you get a closer shot of the mouth? Without that, it will be difficult to narrow it down very far.

[TXStateUnivReef]

ill try

[trottman]

i know, its a doctor tang. they are from the carribean. there are a bunch of them at Shedd's aquarium in chicago.

they get about 2 feet long. very big and robust fish.

they are easy to keep and are pigs. i have cared for one before.

[Amphiprion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9662050#post9662050 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by trottman
i know, its a doctor tang. they are from the carribean. there are a bunch of them at Shedd's aquarium in chicago.

they get about 2 feet long. very big and robust fish.

they are easy to keep and are pigs. i have cared for one before.

The only problem with that is that I don't see the characteristic striped pattern in the pic. It may just be the pic itself, but judging from that, I doubt it is that species.

[LisaD]

i know, its a doctor tang. they are from the carribean. there are a bunch of them at Shedd's aquarium in chicago.

they get about 2 feet long. very big and robust fish.

I also disagree, that ID does not take into account the white tail.

[pjf]

I am looking for a Ctenochaetus flavicauda. They are among the smallest tangs with a maximum length of 4-1/2 inches. Where can one be obtained? Thanks!

[Kahuna Tuna]

"I am looking for a Ctenochaetus flavicauda."

Live Aquaria has one in their divers den section for $90. Link:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?ddid=21807&siteid=20

[thor32766]

yeah beautiful fish!

[pjf]

Thanks! I've just placed an order for a Ctenochaetus flavicauda from Drs. Foster & Smith. This is the first time that I've seen it on sale and it will be my first tang. I hope that it likes the caulerpa, hair algae, and bubble algae that has infested my 75-gallon reef aquarium. The other reef inhabitants are:

1 Maroon Clown
1 Flame Hawkfish
2 Blue Damsels
3 Pajama Cardinals

1 large brown anemone (BTA?)
1 small white anemone with purple tips (condylactis?)

Who's got a Ctenochaetus flavicauda?
Any special care instructions?

Thanks again!

[thor32766]

no just like the other tangs pretty hardy and simple to take care of. Make sure and feed him his nori!!

[pjf]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10124408#post10124408 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thor32766
no just like the other tangs pretty hardy and simple to take care of. Make sure and feed him his nori!!
It looks like I ordered the last C. flavicauda from LiveAquaria. Where did you obtain your C. flavicauda if I may ask?