Mysterious Tang Identification

[ikeasuperfan]

Hey guys, I work at a LFS and we received a juvenile tang that was given the wrong name and we can't figure out what species it is.. anyone think they can help? It's a little hard finding it among 80 something different species haha. Kind of shaped like a mimic tang but it's colouration is different. Thanks!

 

[sfin52]

Hey guys, I work at a LFS and we received a juvenile tang that was given the wrong name and we can't figure out what species it is.. anyone think they can help? It's a little hard finding it among 80 something different species haha. Kind of shaped like a mimic tang but it's colouration is different. Thanks!

square tail

Square tail

 

[1guydude]

Mimic?
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[sfin52]

Mimic?
D

Mimic?
D

Half black mimic tang

 

[ikeasuperfan]

Thanks so much!

 

[Zionas]

It looks like an Acanthurus pyrofeus, mimicking the Half Black Angel. There’s another variety called Acanthurus tristis that I think mimics the Eibli Angel but they’re only collected from a very limited range, forget where.

 

[ca1ore]

Yup, mimic. Little thin, but a nice one. I’d snap that one up in a second. Unfortunately I live in the wrong C state.

 

[Zionas]

Yeah they’re a nice Tang.