2 Fish ID, Please

[DeputyDog95]

I've had these fish for probably well over a year. They were sold to me as a Phillipine Yellow Tang and a Bellus Angel.

However, I googled them a while back and while the Phillipine Tang (Fijian Mimic Lemonpeel Tang) may be right, it doesn't seem to have the right colors.

The Bellus is way the heck off.

I never really cared to know because they look nice and seem to be good tank mates, spending their days picking at rocks eating bits of algae. For whatever reason, I'm curious again.

I can't believe I got them both in the same shot, full side, right next to each other. Took me a while snapping pics over and over as they're constantly buzzing through the rock work and never sit still. Did my best shooting through an orange lens to get the best representation of their color as possible. Not perfect, but someone that knows should be able to figure it out.

So, any ideas?

 

[Tcook]

Front is watanabe angel female. Rear might be chocolate tang?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Agreed with the above - Chocolate/Lemon Peel/Mimic Tang (Acanthurus pyroferus) and a female Watanabei Angelfish (Genicanthus watanabei).

 

[DeputyDog95]

Thank you!

 

[DeputyDog95]

And confirming, the lemon peel would not be considered a bristletooth type of tang, such as a Kole? They have similar mouth structure, at least visually.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

And confirming, the lemon peel would not be considered a bristletooth type of tang, such as a Kole? They have similar mouth structure, at least visually.

Correct - they're an Acanthurus genus tang like Powder Browns, Achilles, Clowns, Convicts, etc.; Kole tangs and other bristletooth tangs are Ctenochaetus genus.

 

[littlefoxx]

I've had these fish for probably well over a year. They were sold to me as a Phillipine Yellow Tang and a Bellus Angel.

However, I googled them a while back and while the Phillipine Tang (Fijian Mimic Lemonpeel Tang) may be right, it doesn't seem to have the right colors.

The Bellus is way the heck off.

I never really cared to know because they look nice and seem to be good tank mates, spending their days picking at rocks eating bits of algae. For whatever reason, I'm curious again.

I can't believe I got them both in the same shot, full side, right next to each other. Took me a while snapping pics over and over as they're constantly buzzing through the rock work and never sit still. Did my best shooting through an orange lens to get the best representation of their color as possible. Not perfect, but someone that knows should be able to figure it out.

So, any ideas?

Those are all names Ive seen for the tang, its also referred to as a chocolate tang. Philippine yellow tang is probably the more common one next to chocolate.

 

[DeputyDog95]

Correct - they're an Acanthurus genus tang like Powder Browns, Achilles, Clowns, Convicts, etc.; Kole tangs and other bristletooth tangs are Ctenochaetus genus.

Recently added a bunch of snails, and some bubble algae must have snuck in with the batch as the tank has been up for a long time and have never seen it before. I had read that bristletooths may eat it. My squaretail Kole does not, unfortunately, even those he's supposed to. Part of my recent curiosity was if either of these were reported to dine on bubble algae as well. Disappointed :)