Interesting tang from Tahiti

[Fish_dave]

Here are a couple of shots of an interesting tang that came in from Tahiti a few weeks ago.

Dave

 

[IconicAquariums]

Dave,

is that some sort of Ctenochaetus?? Looks an awful lot like C. marginatus or one of those. Too bad you don't have a straight on side-shot.

 

[Anonymous]

I was wondering what that was too. Clearly not a yellow tang that we see so often with these aberrant colors.

I was thinking it might be an Acanthurus sp. A side on pic would be great.

 

[Anonymous]

I was wondering what that was too. Clearly not a yellow tang that we see so often with these aberrant colors.

I was thinking it might be an Acanthurus sp. A side on pic would be great.

 

[Fish_dave]

Sorry, I have no side on pic. The fish came in, I snapped a couple of pics in the acclimation tub and told the guys not to sell it before I came back from lunch so that I could put it in a cube and take more pictures. I came back from lunch and they had already sold it right out of the acclimation tub. No more pictures for me. I really need to learn more spanish.

Dave

 

[Filio]

fish_dave,

Do you work for Quality Marine or Dr. Foster and Smith?

 

[Fish_dave]

Neither of the two.

Dave

 

[Filio]

Darn. I was hoping I could get my LFS to pull some strings and get me one of these fish. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Neither of the two.

Dave

QM is a passing blur several times a week for you though :lol:

 

[clarionreef]

With that blunt sloping forehead it looks like a juvenile olivaceaus...ie. orange shoulder tang.
And an incredible one at that.
Dave...
Que pendejo!
The next time tell em this;
"Oje vatos. No lo vendes hasta que regresso del lunche por favor."
That'll do it.
Now, another lifetime has to pass before you see another one again!
Esteban

 

[Vili_Shark]

Filio, Fish_Dave is Pacific Aquafarms.

I should'nt look at this thread anymore, this tang had my name written all over it....

 

[clarionreef]

Vili,
Are you one of those "selector de cruelas?" ie cherry pickers!?
Esteban

 

[Anonymous]

No he just blows Dave's cover..... and opened up the lines to all the LFS that want the once in a lifetime fishes :lol:

 

[Vili_Shark]

Wish i was a cherry picker , Dave sends me all the left overs .... :lol:

No seriosly now, im not....wish I had this tang, saw a crazy Acanthurus nigricauda not too long ago, but was a 10" specimen and sold out.
Im always late.

 

[Anonymous]

Might have been the same fish but one of our wholesalers offered a xanthic tang much like that one for $600ish last week.

Cool but not that cool!

 

[Fish_dave]

Wasn't this wholesaler. This fish went out for a bunch less than that. Didn't even make 3 figures with the discount involved. Now that I know better I will make up for it with the next one I get in 20 - 30 years! This particular fish had a very cool presence to it. It was much more interesting than the xanthic yellow tangs that show up time to time from Hawaii. For some reason this one was a stunner "in the flesh" so to speak. If it would have still been here after my ill timed lunch break the price would have been somewhat higher I am sure.

Dave

 

[jason edward]

I agree with cortez, A. olivaceus...
But that is one mean monster of a unimaculatus in the first pic...