Help ID this Tang please

[allmymoneygoestofish]

Hi guys! I’m a FOT hobbyist from Hong Kong. Recently I bought this Tang from a LFS and am not quite sure which species it belongs to. It’s about 1 penny large only but seems to me it mingles pretty well with other larger tenures of my tank so far. Is it a Acanthurus Dussermeri? Or a Acanthurus Bariene? Please chime in.

 

[Zionas]

Nice name!

The picture is a bit blurry but it looks like a Fowleri Tang, but not matured yet.

馬蹄吊、但還沒有成年。

They get huge, up to 50cm. You’ll need a large tank to house a fully grown adult.

 

[nereefpat]

Check out this thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/can-someone-help-me-id-this-fish.708218/#post-7583087

Make sure to click on the link I posted to another thread within it too.

 

[allmymoneygoestofish]

Thanks guys!

The Tang's shape resembles that of Fowleri but I couldn't see any blue mark behind its gill cover. Maybe too early for me to deduce its ID. Hope I will get to know it a few months later!

 

[IamJoHo]

Possibly a Caribbean Blue Tang. It looks like a juvenile. Does it sometimes look yellow and other times blue?

 

[ca1ore]

It's hard to tell when a tang is that small. It could be a Fowleri, a Dussermeri or a Bariene. I'd lean to Fowleri - that's what mine looked like when it was tiny. Either way, it will get quite large. Fish pot luck.

 

[Rams]

Dussemeri