Know this beautiful fish?

[livinlifeinBKK]

What kind of fish is this? Never seen a fish with a head like this...

 

[Timfish]

Looks like a juvenile queen angel going through the color change to adult colors that survived a huge bite being taken out of it's back.

 

[rmorris_14]

I am NO fish expert but that head does not look normal to me..... Following because Im curious to see what people with more experience suggest.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

The shop owner just got back to me and said it is a queen angel...I was confused by the head!

 

[Doctorgori]

I am NO fish expert but that head does not look normal to me..... Following because Im curious to see what people with more experience suggest.

No expert, but that looks more like a healed trauma more so than a genetic/environmentally caused thing …
yeah, I’m curious also
BTW, what did you pay? did they discount it?

 

[JumboShrimp]

Possibly a genetic deformity, like this “pinch” in my Purple Tang. (Had it since it arrived as a 2” fish.)

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

No expert, but that looks more like a healed trauma more so than a genetic/environmentally caused thing …
yeah, I’m curious also
BTW, what did you pay? did they discount it?

They post their current stock online...I didn't buy it

 

[i cant think]

What kind of fish is this? Never seen a fish with a head like this...

Looks like it’s had a chunk bitten out of its head in the past and recovered but it’s definitely a juvenile queen that’s transitioning.