ID please

[CherylMcKay]

I know it is a tang of some kind but, I can't narrow down the kind. If someone cans let me know or point me in the direction of a good repository of fish ID data.





The fish is really skittish still and it took me an hour to get these pictures. It has a Greg body with horizontal strips, a slightly lighter color. The pectoral fins are slightly pinkish and a the dorsal has some yellow right by its head.

[MMAX]

Originally Posted by CherylMcKay

It has a Greg body

Greg as in The Grizz?

[The Grizz]

I wanna say its a Scopas Tang & if it has a body like me, it's SEXY baby : lol:


Stay clear..... This Bear bits off limbs!!

[Leah]

I don't think it is a Scopas...body is too long.

[CherylMcKay]

I had found lots of pictures that kind of matched but I couldn't resolve the names. Some were labeled an a brown tang, some as two tone. Scopes helps.... It could be but I have also found some pictures that call a similar looking fish a brown sailfin... Just to many for mr to narrow down.

[MMAX]

Scopas and Brown tangs are the same although this fish doesn't look like one. The colorization looks like a type of yellow eye or Kole.

[Leah]

Try Striated Tang.

[saltwatermaniac]

I would definitely say it's a scopas tang.

[albert_dao]

It's a scopas.

Source: Me - I'm like a lexicon of fish ID.

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

It's a scopas.

Source: Me - I'm like a lexicon of fish ID.

That's what I thought as well. Looks just like mine.


Stay clear..... This Bear bits off limbs!!