Anyone Have a White Faced Tang!

[triggerfre]

Does anyone have a white faced tang in any of there tanks.My local fish store has a good sized one in there 1000 gallon tank and it is simply stunning.And the also have one in for sale that is a little smaller and almost has all its adult colors.

 

[triggerfre]

No one has one of these.Guess i will be special then when i get it.

 

[ophiura]

People very well have it, but more commonly IME it is called a gold rim or powder brown tang. The three names (actually along with white cheek, 4 names) are commonly confused between 2 different species of very similar looking fish. This is why common names are often useless.
I believe on this site it is called a powder brown tang.

 

[triggerfre]

Nope the one i am talking is totally different.it has the longer shape like the orange shoulder tang does.
Originally Posted by ophiura
http:///forum/post/3168209
People very well have it, but more commonly IME it is called a gold rim or powder brown tang. The three names (actually along with white cheek, 4 names) are commonly confused between 2 different species of very similar looking fish. This is why common names are often useless.
I believe on this site it is called a powder brown tang.

 

[ophiura]

The typical white face tang that I think people would think of is Acanthurus japonicus and looks like a powder brown/gold rim/powder blue etc in shape.

So perhaps it is something else like the "palelipped" tang Acanthurus leucocheilus
That closer to the shape?

 

[triggerfre]

Hear is the one i was looking to see if anyone had.
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{Ophiura...edit - this is the fish from the encyclopedia of life

 

[crypt keeper]

Thats a gorgeous fish but you cant post pictures or links from other websites. I highly doubt you will find somebody with that fish. 99% of people go with the norm fish. yellows purples koles fish of that nature.

 

[flower]

Here is what I got out of my book

 

[triggerfre]

Both of those are considered to be white cheek tangs not whitefaced tangs.Very similar but not the same.

 

[triggerfre]

Hear is the whitefaced tang at the store.

 

[aquaknight]

Agreed on the name, Palelipped tang is greatly preferred to avoid confusion, and actually more descriptive IMHO. Yes, they are quite rare, the market for a $200 large brown tang is very slim.
I am considering a second tang for my 240 in addition to my Naso. I really would like a Dussumieri, but mostly ruling him out due to size, and it's between a Monrovia, a Palelipped, and a Maculiceps. (Pale lipped is 3rd to be honest)
These are your typical Acanthurus tangs. They stay smaller then Duss's and Blochii's, really close in shape/size/activity level of Sohals/Clown tangs, though somewhat less aggressive then Sohals. I definitely would make this guy your only Acanthurus tang, short of you having like a 400+gal tank.
If purchasing that particular specimen, definitely QT, you can see white spots on the fins.

 

[ophiura]

And the purple behind him is in rough shape with HLLE...
Definitely QT - possible that overall conditions may not be great in the shop, though it may be a trade in.

 

[dragonzim]

Originally Posted by ophiura
http:///forum/post/3169740
And the purple behind him is in rough shape with HLLE...
Definitely QT - possible that overall conditions may not be great in the shop, though it may be a trade in.
Yeah, that purple looks like he's in really rough shape...