fish identification

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Agree. Acanthurus Thompsoni. :)
Hi all

Picture I took today... Still confirmed?

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WIth all of those stripes I am now stumped.

Those markings match an acanthurus blue tang (coeruleus)
Juveniles feature yellow tails initially which turn white, and then match the body of the fish as in the photo. That said, they're almost always yellow or blue -- or some ugly mash of the two for a brief time but not nearly black.

Striped Bristletooth tang may be the culprit here but very few sport a "white" tail. I am thinking it is a bristletooth tang now, but notable is that the eye isn't yellow or white -- so that narrows it down. Such a large variance and similarity between these species and even some acanthurus species

Kole and White Tail tangs sport the stripes but have the eye color.
 
hope that growing we will see clearly what tang is.....how long will take?
 
Just few updated pictures.... What are your opinion? Usually is darker but whe he has a competion with other fish for food shows this strips...

Please let me know....

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I cannot ID the species yet but I’m pretty sure it belongs to the Acanthurus genus. Striated Bristletooth Tangs look different, if memory serves me correctly.
 

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