What is he?

[mredwin25]

What tang is this? Got him a long time ago and not sure what he actually is, he looked a lot different when smaller

 

[MikeReefs]

Believe this is a lavender tang

 

[Cheese Griller]

It's definitely something in the Dussumeri/Bariene/Yellowfin complex, maybe even A. Blochii.

 

[BryanM]

2nd vote for lavendar tang.

 

[mredwin25]

I have a lavender also, tail shape and colors are different

 

[Brad Vaughn]

I have a lavender also, tail shape and colors are different

What's your Lavender's temperament like?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

What tang is this? Got him a long time ago and not sure what he actually is, he looked a lot different when smaller

You've got a Dussumieri Tang (Acanthurus dusumieri) there - no spots at the base of the fins by the tail (A. nigrofuscus); yellow fins instead of dark blue/black as well as a yellow tail stripe instead of a white one (A. blochii) [these can have white stripes, but the stripe being yellow eliminates some lookalikes); no blue marking behind the gill (A. fowleri); no black spot or vertical gold stripe behind the eye (A. bariene); and the yellow eye-stripe goes up from the eye instead of down from it (A. xanthopterus).

There are a few other tells between a few of these species (like the spotting on your tangs tail), but these are generally going to be good enough points to differentiate with.

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencil Surgeonfish

fishesofaustralia.net.au

 

[mredwin25]

What's your Lavender's temperament like?

very chill

 

[mredwin25]

You've got a Dussumieri Tang (Acanthurus dusumieri) there - no spots at the base of the fins by the tail (A. nigrofuscus); yellow fins instead of dark blue/black as well as a yellow tail stripe instead of a white one (A. blochii) [these can have white stripes, but the stripe being yellow eliminates some lookalikes); no blue marking behind the gill (A. fowleri); no black spot or vertical gold stripe behind the eye (A. bariene); and the yellow eye-stripe goes up from the eye instead of down from it (A. xanthopterus).

There are a few other tells between a few of these species (like the spotting on your tangs tail), but these are generally going to be good enough points to differentiate with.

Acanthurus dussumieri

Pencil Surgeonfish

fishesofaustralia.net.au

yup that’s more like it, thanks

 

[hncsnd204]

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