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

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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.
 
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.
299EA8DB-269B-4427-BA0E-EBEB14BDB809.jpeg
5522671A-8F56-4578-9D6D-95BBE2E679F0.jpeg
Atlantic blue?
 

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