Unknown tang.

[oat.]

Hello I purchased this tang 4 months ago. As an orange socket tang or surgeon fish. Not to be confused with the orange shoulder tang. Now iv done some research and I cannot find anything on an orange socket tang. And what I can find on surgeon fish she does not look anything like them. Any suggestions on what I may have here maybe a juvenile I’m not sure.

 

[littlefoxx]

@vetteguy53081 @ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[JGT]

Thinking Dussumieri tang.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Nope nope:

 

[littlefoxx]

Thinking Dussumieri tang.

Oh god if it is those get freakin huge

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello I purchased this tang 4 months ago. As an orange socket tang or surgeon fish. Not to be confused with the orange shoulder tang. Now iv done some research and I cannot find anything on an orange socket tang. And what I can find on surgeon fish she does not look anything like them. Any suggestions on what I may have here maybe a juvenile I’m not sure.

Need pics under white lighting but likely south african dussomieri or yellowfin surgeon

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yeah, white light pics would be needed here; I know of ~9 species of Acanthurus that can look pretty similar to this - the smallest one can hit ~14", most of them range from ~12"-20"

 

[oat.]

Need pics under white lighting but likely south african dussomieri or yellowfin surgeon

I’ll try sorry my tank Bluetooth has been acting out and I’m afraid to change them because I can’t seem to get them to change back lol

Yeah, white light pics would be needed here; I know of ~9 species of Acanthurus that can look pretty similar to this - the smallest one can hit ~14", most of them range from ~12"-20"

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I’ll try sorry my tank Bluetooth has been acting out and I’m afraid to change them because I can’t seem to get them to change back lol

Looks like an Epaulette Tang Acanthurus nigricauda to me - the stripe behind the eye seems to vary in size pretty drastically from one specimen to the next; I don't know if it gets bigger as the specimen ages or not.

 

[Xanthurum]

This ^

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Hello I purchased this tang 4 months ago. As an orange socket tang or surgeon fish. Not to be confused with the orange shoulder tang. Now iv done some research and I cannot find anything on an orange socket tang. And what I can find on surgeon fish she does not look anything like them. Any suggestions on what I may have here maybe a juvenile I’m not sure.

Atlantic blue?

 

[oat.]

Looks like an Epaulette Tang Acanthurus nigricauda to me - the stripe behind the eye seems to vary in size pretty drastically from one specimen to the next; I don't know if it gets bigger as the specimen ages or not.

Bingo I think your right thank you

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

Looks kind of like an ocean surgeonfish

 

[Idech]

Bingo I think your right thank you

These are pretty big. Do you have the same for it ?

 

[oat.]

These are pretty big. Do you have the same for it ?

Sorry?

 

[Idech]

Sorry?

Lol, sorry about that. I was wondering if your tank was big enough for this fish. Do you plan on keeping it ?

 

[oat.]

Lol, sorry about that. I was wondering if your tank was big enough for this fish. Do you plan on keeping it ?

No it’s definitely not. I do plan on upgrading eventually though to a larger tank