While details are sparse, news broke today of reports out of Taiwan claiming success in the captive propagation of the Hepatus Blue Tang, Paracanthurus hepatus. This species has been “rumored” to have been captive bred for many years, but historically…
Acanthurus nigros: an old species is resurrected by genetics
Acanthurus nigros is not a ‘new’ species but yet it has now been resurrected to name a gentically distinct yet identical-looking species to Acanthurus nigroris. Acanhturus nigros is the name that was originally used for the Bluelined Surgeonfish when it…
Tricolor Scopas strikes again
The large mutated tricolor scopas tang just pulled up in Bali by Neptune Fish is the nicest tricolor surgeonfish we’ve seen since we featured the nice tricolor scopas tang from Southwest Marines, UK. This particular tricolor scopas has a striking…
Another white tang is discovered, this time it’s a Scopas
Ok we know you’re probably sick of white tangs over the last couple weeks but this one is different because it’s a scopas tang from the Indian Ocean. The images of this near-solid white Zebrasoma scopas come to us from…
A piebald yellow tang appears, shows no end to the abnormally colored surgeonfish
We’ve gotten wind of another mutant Zebrasoma, this time it’s not a nearly solid white yellow tang like Casper or Powder but a much larger specimen with really bold white and yellow markings. The piebald yellow tang was acquired by…
Another white yellow tang collected in Hawaii, codename: Powder
The white yellow tang pictured above is a newly collected aberrantly colored Zebrasoma which we are codenaming ‘Powder’. Casper the white tang has been a sensation and the trophy fish of World Wide Corals since he was collected. However…
Captive Bred Yellow Tangs? Not quite yet…
For nothing short of years, there have been rumors of captive-bred tangs permeating hobbyist chatter. Most of these rumors are fueled by the collection of small Regal Tangs (Paracanthrus hepatus) and a general misunderstanding of what “tank raised” means (quite…
World Wide Corals adds rare xanthic yellow tang and melanistic black tang to its collection of mutants
Move over Casper the white tang because World Wide Corals has just one upped you with the trump card of Zebrasoma mutants: a xanthic yellow tang and a melanistic black tang. Like the amelanistic white tang before them, the xanthic…
Xanthic Acanthurus surgeonfish caught on video
The xanthic surgeonfish is the latest freak to come out of the family Acanthuridae. You’ve seen the piebald tang, the tricolor scopas, the aberrant scopas, the nearly all white yellow tang Casper but this all solid yellow Acanthurus is the…
The tang collection at World Wide Corals ought to make the Tang Police implode
You may not have heard of the Tang Police but they surely have heard of you. As we speak the Tang Police has surveillance on all the reef tanks in North America making sure that everyone has only one surgeonfish…
