Missing Purple Tang

[naesco]

Sorry to read that you have lost your cherished purple tang.

IME more so than any other fish, tangs have a loving connection with their keepers so I feel for you.

You have a large tank to accommodate tangs so I do not see it jumping. I suspect your cat visited at the wrong time and panicked the fish.

It is hard to replace a fish you have loved with another of the same species.
Consider a powder brown tang , A.japonica, the one with the orange on it.
You will fall in love with it and it with you.
Take care.