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Old 12-10-2008, 09:33 PM
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Cute...yes...cute like a baby whale! Yes, definitely that is a vlamingi tang. (Naso vlamingi) Assuming that you don't starve him, he will be 10" within 8 months.

All the Naso tangs are sometimes referred to a unicorn tangs. This is because some of them develop unicorn horns (Naso unicornis, for example). N. vlamingi is also called the "humpnose"...while they don't get a horn, they do develop a rather bulbous nose.

Feb, 2008 (1-2")


Oct, 2008 (10") (This shot also happens to show N. elegans and N. unicornis in the background left and right)
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