Dragons Breath vs Dragon Tongue

[bkhunt]

Are they the same just different name depending on vendor? I look and am more confused. I just got both at the local swap but they look similar.

 

[Timfish]

I'd bet they're the same.

 

[bkhunt]

I'd bet they're the same.

I did finally find scientific names for the they are similar but are different. Thank you.

Dragon's Breath Macroalgae (Halymenia durvillei)

Dragon's Tongue Macroalgae (Halymenia dilatata)

 

[Subsea]

The same species of macro algae will look differrent depending on environmental conditions, such as light intensity and current.

 

[sixty_reefer]

They have been named for their features, dragons breath has a fire look under blues dragons tongue has long blades in a snake tongue characteristic

 

[vetteguy53081]

Are they the same just different name depending on vendor? I look and am more confused. I just got both at the local swap but they look similar.

Yes, these two names in addition to Flame breath are used

 

[reddevilant]

Yeah I've found that common names like that are thrown onto many different, but similar looking, species. They're not at all a good identifier of the actual species. There are a lot of halymenia species that look very similar but with slight morphological differences so it's tough to get a 100% accurate ID unless you really spend a lot of time researching and inspecting the macro. For example, on AlgaeBase which is a database for macro algae, there are currently 70+ species for just halymenia.