Help ID this tang

[kaykay]

Saw this fella at LCK.

The girls do not know what tang this is, but were sure that it is not an Atlantic Blue..

Boss was not around..

Anyway, liked what I saw and pricing very affordable. So decided to bring it home.

2 photos. 1st one in plastic bag, 2nd in betta box. Both taken with flash, the blue lines are not so luminous, more like purplish blue in real life.

[Gouldian]

Saw this fella at LCK.

The girls do not know what tang this is, but were sure that it is not an Atlantic Blue..

Boss was not around..

Anyway, liked what I saw and pricing very affordable. So decided to bring it home.

2 photos. 1st one in plastic bag, 2nd in betta box. Both taken with flash, the blue lines are not so luminous, more like purplish blue in real life.

I believe is a blueline tang (Acanthurus nigroris) size: 25cm, feeds on algae film on rocks and filamentous algae.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4738

HTH

[kaykay]

Thanks bro,

Yeah, certainly looks like it.

Googled "blue lined tang" and found this clearer pic which shows a very close resemblance.

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/pr...oot_parent_id=4

[Gouldian]

Thanks bro,

Yeah, certainly looks like it.

Googled "blue lined tang" and found this clearer pic which shows a very close resemblance.

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/pr...oot_parent_id=4

Congrats, personally I feel that this fish is good at finishing up film algae that is being ignored by the popular powder series tangs.

I also believe this fish is not as aggressive as Ctenochaetus which are good at grazing film algae but generally will become a big bully after some time in the tank.

Happy reefing,

[RockyBoy]

Congrats, personally I feel that this fish is good at finishing up film algae that is being ignored by the popular powder series tangs.

I also believe this fish is not as aggressive as Ctenochaetus which are good at grazing film algae but generally will become a big bully after some time in the tank.

Happy reefing,

May be I get one...

[iskay]

Looks like a rabbit fish....

[chtan23]

I find that the mouth doesn't look like the blue lined tang...

[dleecool]

Actually it looks like an adult mata tang!!

[kaykay]

Erm... the closer i look, i think it's more blue line than mata..

Base colour of the fish is dark grey-brown, with blue lines (Blue Line Tang).

The Mata Tang is more blue-ish overall..

Will try to get a better shot over the next few days..

Thanks folks!

[Vlamingi_cont]

Saw this fella at LCK.

The girls do not know what tang this is, but were sure that it is not an Atlantic Blue..

Boss was not around..

Anyway, liked what I saw and pricing very affordable. So decided to bring it home.

2 photos. 1st one in plastic bag, 2nd in betta box. Both taken with flash, the blue lines are not so luminous, more like purplish blue in real life.

This oso looks like some surgeonfish...

[Gouldian]

I find that the mouth doesn't look like the blue lined tang...

Quite true... the other possibilty is Acanthurus nubilus but I couldn't find a decent pic of the juvenile from the net.

[Terryz_]

This definitely not Acanthurus nigroris.. Note the body shape and there is two spot at the end of the fin near the scalpel for the A. Nigroris..

It is not present in this tang..

Not a Acanthurus nubilus too.. The juvenile have white tail and the face is more of spotted than stripes..

Best ID is A. Mata... Actually first look can tell is Mata Tang liao..

[Terryz_]

Oops... Double post...

[RevellClownfish]

clown surgeon fish maybe???? Serping

[yikai]

clown surgeon fish maybe???? Serping

no la. not clown tang haha. clown tang blue and yellow

[Gouldian]

This definitely not Acanthurus nigroris.. Note the body shape and there is two spot at the end of the fin near the scalpel for the A. Nigroris..

It is not present in this tang..

Not a Acanthurus nubilus too.. The juvenile have white tail and the face is more of spotted than stripes..

Best ID is A. Mata... Actually first look can tell is Mata Tang liao..

I beginning to sway towards your justifications, I did not considered mata because most of my literature only have adult pic of mata. But it seems that recently there are a couple of mata imports... thus the probabilty of mata could be very high as well. Also, some literature claimed that there are 2 variants of mata and this one seems to fit the descriptions.

[kaykay]

Here's better pics..

Any new revelations?