Scopas Tang - the silent tang

[ZoWhat]

Hardly anyone ever talks about Scopas Tangs.

I just bought one a couple of weeks ago, young adult, pale yellow upfront and pure black tailfin.

What am I to expect colorwise as it matures?

A Google search seems to indicate a white mouth, pale yellow middle and black tail.

 

[lion king]

They have a wide range of tones, lighting and mood seem to play a role. Mine has tones of lavender, orange, and black; I've had him for several years.

 

[Terry Le]

I seen them with a variety of colors patent. You have a picture of your?

 

[Steph72]

They definitely range in color. Mine is mostly a cocoa brown coowith a very intricate pattern of dots on her body. Unfortunately I don’t have any decent pictures of her.

 

[lion king]

They definitely range in color. Mine is mostly a cocoa brown coowith a very intricate pattern of dots on her body. Unfortunately I don’t have any decent pictures of her.

Pics don't do these fish justice, you can never see the intricate details and subtle tones, mine has the lines.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Great fish.
The ugly poor mans yellow tang. Lol.
Ive had prob 2 or 3 scopus tangs. Great hardy fish. Mine were mostly brown and black. Some white and yellow. Lol
But mostly brown and black. Lol.
Again. Great under valued fish
D

 

[najer]

Excuse the glass, the yellow is a xanthic scopas but the other 3 all show different colours, the xanthic female and large male have spawned, I think I have worked out how to sex them and by pure luck I appear to have a male and three females!

My rescue female.

 

[ca1ore]

The ugly poor mans yellow tang. Lol.

How about the handsome poor man?

 

[ca1ore]

Just bought one recently - was the only zebrasoma I didn't have. Kinda drab, though better in person than in picture.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

No they are ugly compared to a yellow or purple tang. Lol. Sorry i neant the fish not the person or buyer. Lol!
D

 

[Victor Guyton]

Hardly anyone ever talks about Scopas Tangs.

I just bought one a couple of weeks ago, young adult, pale yellow upfront and pure black tailfin.

What am I to expect colorwise as it matures?

A Google search seems to indicate a white mouth, pale yellow middle and black tail.

My so

 

[Victor Guyton]

My Scopus is beautiful. Has a silver tent. Beatiful fish

Hardly anyone ever talks about Scopas Tangs.

I just bought one a couple of weeks ago, young adult, pale yellow upfront and pure black tailfin.

What am I to expect colorwise as it matures?

A Google search seems to indicate a white mouth, pale yellow middle and black tail

Hardly anyone ever talks about Scopas Tangs.

I just bought one a couple of weeks ago, young adult, pale yellow upfront and pure black tailfin.

What am I to expect colorwise as it matures?

A Google search seems to indicate a white mouth, pale yellow middle and black tail.

 

[Delfin]

Are they as good green hair algae eaters as the Yellow tangs?

 

[Whisnantrider]

Are they as good green hair algae eaters as the Yellow tangs?

My little scopas I have had for about 2 weeks seems to be better than my yellow was.

 

[najer]

No they are ugly compared to a yellow or purple tang. Lol. Sorry i neant the fish not the person or buyer. Lol!
D

Xanthic yellow scopas, people can keep their plain jane yts as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Serg1976]

Mine has darker tones but the lines and dots on his face and body look blue , definitely a great fish . I also have a YT .

 

[McPuff]

I've had one for about 8 years. It's usually quite dark, mostly black, but when you look closely it does have that great pattern that many people above have mentioned.

 

[ca1ore]

No they are ugly compared to a yellow or purple tang. Lol. Sorry i neant the fish not the person or buyer. Lol!
D

Yeah, I knew what you meant. I just 'chose' an alternative interpretation for my own amusement

 

[BaysEndReef]

From front to back, mine goes from a lighter grey to a very dark brown/black with dots all over. There are also a couple of spots up front where I can see wavy lines running parallel to the water line.

 

[Corgigirl]

I love my Scopas. She’s a great algae eater, plays well with others, and her colors, especially close up, are striking. Way prettier than a yellow tang IMHO.