Anyone ever seen one of these available??

[BCT182]

 

[roscoe]

Wow that is a freaking sweet colorful fish! Is that some type of Tang?

 

[mattleycrue76]

wow beautiful, i want one!

 

[packer]

I would say some type of bristletooth tang. They have all kinds of color variations.

 

[Boomer]

I would agree with packer's ID. The Tomini Bristletooth Tang, also known as the Tomini Surgeonfish.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Ctenochaetus+tominiensis&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[Tangee]

I have a friend with one of these:


http://www.ejlin.com/albums/album40/car_and_james.sized.jpg

I think it resembles your fish quite a bit, a little more than a tomini (sorry Boomer )

If it is a lavender tang, I think they're pretty easy to come by.

Susie

 

[roscoe]

Tangee, really? Is it that easy to find? Can you direct me on where to get one? I've never ever seen them in any of our LFS around the greater Puget Sound area. Any online dealers you know of?

 

[Scooterman]

I have a tomini & it looks like the first one in boomer's link, the pic above I do agree I'd guess Lavender, still in the same family though of Surgeonfish.

 

[Boomer]

That is exactly what it is. I was sleeping so to speak not on the ID but the actually pic, you too :lol: Go back to his pic, right click and choose, copy image address. Paste it in the URL. Back arrow, delete, till you get to the .com and hit enter. This take you to the home link. Click on fishes ---> Surgeonfish and it is near the bottom

You will end up here

http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/surgeonfishes/surgeonfishes.htm

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

Which is a Brown Tang/Lavender Tang

 

[NC2WA]

Brett, it appears this online vendor has them for sale:

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/tangs/lavendertang/

Kirk

 

[MC Lighting]

why did you have to post those links now there are about 10 different tangs that I want :-(

 

[NC2WA]

Sorry

Steady boy, steady....

 

[Maxx]

Its a Acanthurus nigrofuscus

http://www.google.com/search?source...GGLD:2004-09,GGLD:en&q=Acanthurus+nigrofuscus

Nick

 

[Boomer]

We Know that Maxx Didn't you see my link with the same exact pic he posted :lol:

 

[Maxx]

oops,
sorry about that. I didnt catch your 2nd post....

My bad....

DiversDen has had them in the past....

Nick

 

[morgan]

i have one of those quiet small quiet yellowy orange cant wait till it gets blue on it

 

[trillyen]

not a bad price listed for that lavender tang either i thought it might be more

try the choclate tang those actually look different as juvis than adults they are awesome!!!

jm2c

 

[Sherman]

Photoshop for the win!

Beautiful fish, but don't let that first posted photo mislead you.

 

[Maxx]

Actually Sherman, thats not Pshopped....

http://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/surgeonfishes/surgeonfishes.htm

Nick

 

[Sherman]

Sorry, I'm gonna stick to it. I've been around Photoshop WAY too long not to recognize when someone got out of hand with the saturation slider. It also seems to be amplified by the white balance. Either way, don't expect any fish to look like that in your home aquarium.