Unresolved Help me ID my Hybrid Angel Please.

Sorry for the crappy pic. Its body looks just like this Lemon Peel x Half Black Lemon Peel Hybrid Half Black / Centropyge flavissimus x vroliki / Wild Angels - Quality Marine But mine does not have the blue rim nor does it have the black tail. I've had Heraldi's before and mine looks like the Heraldi with the Lemon Peel body (mine does not have blue under the eye) and has this crazy leopard pattern on the tail and back portion of the body. Any idea?

 

a yellow, Acanthurus coeruleus? is my guess......wild guess

tang family btw not angel

 

though if you look at the tale its clearly different, yours has a round edge to it, my guess has a more pointy look to it

 

its not in the tang family, def a type of lemonpeel angel

 

Looks like a tang to me...

However for the OP, Does it have a spine near the base of the tail fin or does it have a spike near the gills? That will be one giveaway for you... weather its a tang or angel.

 

The more I look at it its def a tang. My guess would be Acanthurus pyroferus, Mimic Lemon Peel Tang. They mimic Lemon Peel Angelfish. Reasoning being for this guess (that its a juvie as well) Is the coloration you can see around the gills is blue, and the tail fin has the adult coloring coming in as well as the face. Check out this link below.

Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Mimic Lemon Peel Tang

 

hmm well at least i was kinda close

 

I agree. The wife wants one, and I've been doing a lot of research on them...including side by side comparison at the LFS.

 

Avery convincing argument can be made for the tang I believe.

 

Thanks guys.

I'll take a closer loook when I get home from work and maybe take a better picture? : The LFS I bought him from is a reputable one in LA and they just had it listed as Dwarf Angel Hybrid and said that it would only get to about 3 inches max. Right now its size is about an inch and a half max. If it's a tang I'd have to give it to a friend that has a bigger tank