Acanthurus nigrocucullatus- the Black-hooded tang

[OrionN]

Brand new tang species

 

[OrionN]

Found only at isolated reefs at the Chagos Archipelago
Beautiful and rare dimorphic tang species

 

[OrionN]

The digital issue for Coral magazine is not out yet so I have to do a phone picture from the publication. Sorry for the poor picture.
That female tang is beautiful. The male is the duller color one.

 

[JGT]

Interesting. They look almost animated.

 

[OrionN]

They look as if they are a Powder Blue Tang hybrid. They are so rare and with such limited range that it is highly unlikely that they will ever collected for sale. Maybe one of the commercial breeders able to get a pair and breed them for us.

 

[JGT]

Can only imagine the initial cost.

More amazing that new breeds are still being found.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Holy cow. Hoping that these become available someday!

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Wow, are you sure this is real? I cannot find anything else about this species, not even research papers.

If it is, I'll take 20!

 

[Angel_Madness]

What a beautiful tang! I hope some breeder can breed them in the future so that when this tangs gets the attention of hobbyists we will not overfish them and diminished the population in the wild.

 

[revhtree]

Man that’s gorgeous!

 

[OrionN]

The story is totally AI generated bogus. Printed by coral Magazine for fun and to make a point.
In my defense, I love Coral Magazine and had subscribed forever. I had this newest issue for several weeks but did not have the time to read it until just now.
Been printed on Coral account for at lease 97% if not 100% the reason for my blunder.

I swallow bait , hook, line and sinker. Sorry everybody.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

The story is totally AI generated bogus. Printed by coral Magazine for fun and to make a point.
In my defense, I love Coral Magazine and have subscribed forever. I have this issue for several week but did not have time to read it until just now.
Been printed on Coral account for at lease 97% if not 100% the reason for my blunder.

I swallow bate , hook, Lind and sinker

HOW DARE YOU! we trusted you...

 

[revhtree]

Haha we swallowed it with you! Sure is beautiful though! Ha!

 

[Angel_Madness]

The story is totally AI generated bogus. Printed by coral Magazine for fun and to make a point.
In my defense, I love Coral Magazine and have subscribed forever. I have this issue for several week but did not have time to read it until just now.
Been printed on Coral account for at lease 97% if not 100% the reason for my blunder.

I swallow bate , hook, Lind and sinker

‍and we jumped in!

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I should have known...

Can't trust anything on the internet these days. Maybe somebody could tattoo a PBT for the same effect.