Tang Question

[Yellow Tang 2]

Has anybody owned a tricolour tang before?Or do you have info about them?Can you buy them off the internet?Her are some pictures

[ccCapt]

Never heard of it. That almost looks like an ancanthurus species tang, but hard to tell with that pic. Do you have a better, more scientific name for it?

[Yellow Tang 2]

Originally Posted by ccCapt

Never heard of it. That almost looks like an ancanthurus species tang, but hard to tell with that pic. Do you have a better, more scientific name for it?

Yes they call it a zebrasoma scopas they said it gets 8 inches

[Yellow Tang 2]

Originally Posted by Yellow Tang 2

Yes they call it a zebrasoma scopas they said it gets 8 inches

If you go to ultarmarinemaganize.com go down a bit and on the right is a picture of 1 it is orange.Then i went to another sight and 1 guy had 1 in his tank so i guess they are real, not fake .Here is the picture of the guy who had 1 .On the picture the Tricolour tang is the 1 on the bottom

[ccCapt]

Scopas tangs are quite common, and very similar to a yellow tang. They are in the same zebrasoma family. The tricolor is probably just a color aberrant, which you see available occasionally.

[ryshark]

I agree, scopas are fairly common tangs seen at the LFS. To me they look mostly brownish in person. Here is a good link to the scopas
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...381&pcatid=381

[melosu58]

Here is my scopas tang so you can see what a scopas tang looks like.

[Yellow Tang 2]

Originally Posted by melosu58

Here is my scopas tang so you can see what a scopas tang looks like.

So you are saying that the Tricolour tang is just a scopas tang?

[Jimbo7]

Yes, the "tri-color" your talking about was probably just a scopas with a little bit more bright color scheme. Its like liveaquaria used to see yellow teardrop clownfish. but after a year or so they just turn orange again. Each fish has different colorations, so your going to have some anomilies sometimes.

[melosu58]

I`m not saying that as I really have never seen that type you are refering to. This one I have and the link that RYshark had (sorry ryshark I didnt see the link) are definitely scopas tangs. You said it was a zebrasoma scopas and that`s what this is. I think Larry was saying it might be some color variant. Not to speak for Larry though.

[Jimbo7]

Tricolour Tang - UltimateReef.com

The tri-colour it seems is just an odd color hybrid of the scopas. Seems they are more prevalent in the Europe though.

[ccCapt]

A hybrid is the result of 2 different species mating and producing offspring. If this fish is a z.scopas, it is not hybrid, it is a color aberrant.

[Jimbo7]

Im not saying its one or the other, i thought it was a scopas with my first post. I just reiterated what the people in that thread came to conclude. Either way..i think its a pretty ugly fish.

[ccCapt]

Originally Posted by Jimbo7

Either way..i think its a pretty ugly fish.

I'll agree with you on that 1...lol.