Sold to me as a silver spot tang but I am not sure.

[atoll]

Sold to me a few weeks back as the silver spot tang but I can't see any spots on it and it looks more like a yellow eye Kole tang but almost completely black with no markings on it. The tang is about 3" nose to tip of the tail. maybe it's in its juvenile colours and will change in time, I don't know. Care to take a stab at it?
Sorry for the poor video it was shot on my phone and of course, the tang would not stay still for a sitting.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_referrer=watch&video_id=LhXsY0daARY

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

I can't see the video...

 

[atoll]

I can't see the video...

Try this

 

[jsker]

Sorry old man, the link is not working

 

[jsker]

I am thinking Kole Tang too.

 

[atoll]

Sorry old man, the link is not working

Try the one above as i cant edit my original post.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

I can see it now, but I'm not sure about the id. If I had to guess, I would guess not a kole...

Cool fish either way!

 

[jsker]

Try the one above as i cant edit my original post.

That one worked

 

[atoll]

I can see it now, but I'm not sure about the id. If I had to guess, I would guess not a kole...

Cool fish either way!

If it stays black as it is it will be worth a fortune ;Jawdrop...... Maybe

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Maybe you can come up with a new name and frag it!

 

[atoll]

Maybe you can come up with a new name and frag it!

Ctenochaetus cheapesttangerous.
it cost me £30 about $42

 

[mort]

Hard to tell anything from the video other than it looks to have settled in well and is healthy. Based on your description I'd suggest it likely is a silver spot tang or Ctenochaetus truncatus, as I've seen very dark (near black) specimens several times beforethat didn't really have any pattern or colour apart from the eye and a little on the pectorals.

 

[atoll]

Hard to tell anything from the video other than it looks to have settled in well and is healthy. Based on your description I'd suggest it likely is a silver spot tang or Ctenochaetus truncatus, as I've seen very dark (near black) specimens several times beforethat didn't really have any pattern or colour apart from the eye and a little on the pectorals.

Thanks, Yeah tangs hardly stay still enough to video or photograph them. I could try burst mode to photograph it. I will see over the coming months if there is any change in the colour or pattern of it.

 

[saltyhog]

Hard to tell anything from the video other than it looks to have settled in well and is healthy. Based on your description I'd suggest it likely is a silver spot tang or Ctenochaetus truncatus, as I've seen very dark (near black) specimens several times beforethat didn't really have any pattern or colour apart from the eye and a little on the pectorals.

I agree with mort from what I could see of him/his tail.

He's almost as spastic as my purple tang was!

 

[atoll]

I agree with mort from what I could see of him/his tail.

He's almost as spastic as my purple tang was!

Right, so in that case I could try and pass it off as a stupidly expensive ultra rare black tang then

 

[Andeyking]

Yellow Eye Kole Tang. We get them a lot over here in the UK. We get them regularly in our shop.

 

[atoll]

Yellow Eye Kole Tang. We get them a lot over here in the UK. We get them regularly in our shop.

Well I am in the UK and it was sold as a silver spot but a Yellow Eye Kole Tang seems much more likely. Most of the YEKTs I have seen are lighter in colour with lots of fine longitudinal lines running through it. But I think you are right.

 

[markstubb]

my YEKT is more of a deep dark purple, with the obvious eye ring and sort of a cross hatch type pattern on it. pectoral fins are yellow mid fin to the edges. Tail has some yellow at the edges as well.

I'd hardly call it black, at least under lighting.

 

[Andeyking]

My bad, it's hard to tell from the video, another potential ID is Ctenochaetus Truncatus, they tend to keep their spots from juvenile to adult which is whats throwing me off. Give me till Thursday as I'm on holiday, we've got a few of these in the shop and I'll double check the Latin name on the packsheet.

 

[atoll]

My bad, it's hard to tell from the video, another potential ID is Ctenochaetus Truncatus, they tend to keep their spots from juvenile to adult which is whats throwing me off. Give me till Thursday as I'm on holiday, we've got a few of these in the shop and I'll double check the Latin name on the packsheet.

Thanks i have looked closely, well as close as it will let me as it dosent stay still for long and I can't see any markings on it at all. I will look again when my lights are on later to see if I can get a better look at it.