Black Tang?

[Gabriel Guirola]

So I've got this tang that I have no clue what he/she is. If you guys have any infor it would be awesome!. He has a whitish tail and kinda like deep blue dots.

 

[Maikoa02]

Looks like an Atlantic blue tang

 

[Gabriel Guirola]

Juvenile and that is why is black?

 

[Va_Reef]

Juvenile would be yellow, could be a lavender tang; the photograph doesn't exactly make it easy to tell haha

 

[eatbreakfast]

Can you geta better pic, particularly so the shape of the tail can be seen. It looks like a Ctenochaetus species, perhaps C. flavicauda.

 

[4FordFamily]

Can you geta better pic, particularly so the shape of the tail can be seen. It looks like a Ctenochaetus species, perhaps C. flavicauda.

Agree on all counts. More pics to be certain.

 

[Gabriel Guirola]

Thanks guys for your quick response. Here are some more pics.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Ctenochaetus binotatus, two spot brisletooth tang.

 

[Gabriel Guirola]

Awesome, thank you so much! So what would it cause him to be black? Bad nutrition or it hasn't develop his color?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Awesome, thank you so much! So what would it cause him to be black? Bad nutrition or it hasn't develop his color?

Feeling threatened, either by a bully or too much activity.

 

[Gabriel Guirola]

Awesome. Thanks a lot for your help. So he is actually the boss of the tang and it came that way. Maybe he was just not healthy and lost his color.