Yellow Eyed Kole Tang's color question

[Subnautica]

Hi everyone, I love the look of the Yellow Eyed Kole, but searching on google gave me quite a few variants. Some have dots, others have long stripes on their body. I wonder if it depends on the region they live in, or their color patterns change as they age?

 

[lapin]

C. strigosus has an oval body shape with bold markings that change with maturity. As a juvenile, it has a yellow-gold to tan colored body with stripes and spots. When mature, the body color darkens, giving it a sophisticated brown coloration with blue to burgundy hue. Depending on what part of the world it is from, it can have either a majority of spots or stripes highlighting the body.

 

[krollins]

C. strigosus has an oval body shape with bold markings that change with maturity. As a juvenile, it has a yellow-gold to tan colored body with stripes and spots. When mature, the body color darkens, giving it a sophisticated brown coloration with blue to burgundy hue. Depending on what part of the world it is from, it can have either a majority of spots or stripes highlighting the body.

That and a combination of different lighting and diet.

 

[higgy81200]

I believe they the striped ones are the ones from Hawaii.

 

[vetteguy53081]

They do vary and by origin and lighting can change effect from how it looks now and at time of purchase