Juvenile Lemonpeel Mimic Tang Coloration

Aari007 · Apr 1, 2021

Hello,

I've been thinking about getting a small juvenile lemonpeel mimic tang. I love the blue accent marks on them, but when ever I go to my LFS, they lack those markings.

I would like one like this:

However, all of the ones I have seen look the same as the Lemonpeel Mimic (not the Harold's Mimic variety mind you), but without the blue accent marks pictured here. Are they only present in very small juveniles or do most just lack the accent markings? Thanks.

lion king · Apr 1, 2021

The mimic may or may not have the blue marking. I believe they must loose it eithzr due to maturity or not needing it once in captivity. I've only seen it a couple of times, and witnessed it disappear from one week to another at a lfs.

Aari007 · Apr 1, 2021

lion king said:
The mimic may or may not have the blue marking. I believe they must loose it eithzr due to maturity or not needing it once in captivity. I've only seen it a couple of times, and witnessed it disappear from one week to another at a lfs.

I know they lose it as they mature, but never really thought that they wouldn't need it in captivity. There are no predators (mainly) for them in captivity so they wouldn't really need to mimic the lemonpeel angel in captivity. Good point.

nereefpat · Apr 2, 2021

The difference between mimics of Harold's vs lemonpeel could be where the tang is collected, and what angels they are mimicking because of geography.

Hawaii area for lemonpeel and Indonesia for Harold's, for example. Or half black angels around Palau.

Aari007 · Apr 2, 2021

nereefpat said:
The difference between mimics of Harold's vs lemonpeel could be where the tang is collected, and what angels they are mimicking because of geography.

Hawaii area for lemonpeel and Indonesia for Harold's, for example. Or half black angels around Palau.

+1 This is 100% correct & is the reason why we have a lot of mimic tangs.