Are these the same fish? White tail kole tang?

[christwendt]

Are these the same fish? I can’t find anything online. I know they are kole tangs with white tails. Do they darken as they age ?

 

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Are these the same fish? I can’t find anything online. I know they are kole tangs with white tails. Do they darken as they age ?

I believe so.

 

[Tamberav]

Are these the same fish? I can’t find anything online. I know they are kole tangs with white tails. Do they darken as they age ?

Same fish... it is just different lighting/fash/stress ect...

 

[vetteguy53081]

rare to see these but agree on same fish

 

[christwendt]

Same fish... it is just different lighting/fash/stress ect...

Thank you. Weird how lighting can change it so much. Literally the back tail that’s white looks different. One clearly has a little yellow and the other completely white. Not to mention the body color difference.

 

[christwendt]

rare to see these but agree on same fish

Thanks I have one that clearly has a white tail but it looks much more like the lighter one. I don’t see any dark shade like the one in picture.

 

[Tamberav]

Thanks I have one that clearly has a white tail but it looks much more like the lighter one. I don’t see any dark shade like the one in picture.

Age can play a part too. Many of these kole types are yellow when young. The yellow left on the tail is from juvi colors.

 

[christwendt]

Age can play a part too. Many of these kole types are yellow when young. The yellow left on the tail is from juvi colors.

Sweet thank you. I actually like the darker color so I hope it changes with age. Thanks

 

[i cant think]

Are these the same fish? I can’t find anything online. I know they are kole tangs with white tails. Do they darken as they age ?

They are the same fish, one is more washed out. This usually occurs due to stress from moving tank.

 

[i cant think]

Age can play a part too. Many of these kole types are yellow when young. The yellow left on the tail is from juvi colors.

I’ve seen a couple of adult Flavicauda with yellow tails similar to that seen in the specimen above in my time in the LFS. It’s relatively 50/50 on getting a pure white tailed tang or a yellow tip white tailed.

 

[i cant think]

I’ve seen a couple of adult Flavicauda with yellow tails similar to that seen in the specimen above in my time in the LFS. It’s relatively 50/50 on getting a pure white tailed tang or a yellow tip white tailed.

I wil say though, the tails were more so orange instead of bright yellow. And it was also rarer to find this “variant?” in comparison to finding a pure white tail.