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Can someone identify this fish

Posted: Sun May 25, 2025 7:35 pm
by NexusCore
I stopped by my LFS today and they had this juvenile "unicorn tang" for sale. It was supposed to look like that as a juvi, or so they claimed. To me, it looked more like a Blue Spot Vlamingii Tang, blue spots and all - the lips were blue too.

Re: Can someone identify this fish

Posted: Sun May 25, 2025 8:06 pm
by felinxo
Honestly, I think they're on the money, it does look like a young Naso vlamingii - the unicorn tang - and as you mentioned, it's got those distinctive blue lips and spots.

Re: Can someone identify this fish

Posted: Sun May 25, 2025 8:56 pm
by flynix
Another possibility is Naso lopezi, which doesn't develop much of a horn as it matures.

Re: Can someone identify this fish

Posted: Sun May 25, 2025 9:10 pm
by DeepVista
looks like a young unicorn tang to me, but that blue spotting is throwing me off