What is this bristletooth?

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They give no information on species
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Yeah, I saw that too. Not sure, almost looks like a bristle version of the koi tang which is usually an aberrant yellow. This almost looks like an aberrant Tomini ..... or maybe a two spot?
 
Searching on the name it yields various tangs so my guess is an assorted bucket of tangs :) 600 bucks though....
 
It certainly ly is unique...
 
It looks somewhat like a Mimic tang to me, Acanthurus pyroferus. Not exactly but close, including the pattern of color.
IMO, not a bristletooth tang.
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I thought the shape look acanthurus-ish as well
 
The bristletooth tangs are eating algae in a different way compared to Acanthurus so its easy to see which genus it is.
 
Looks like they put it up again as A. tristis, unless it's a different fish. Looks the same to me.

300 bucks cheaper today lol
 

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