PICTURE: Help to identify what type of angel fish this is?

[superior]

Please help me identify what type of angel fish this is? I think its starting to change it's pattern/color

Thanks

http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/.../otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish

 

[dustin_P74]

koran angel

 

[ndepratt]

koran angel

correct, sir. :P

 

[yote]

I concur.

 

[JAG107]

Koran it is!

 

[Marine88]

No doubt Koran:^:

 

[Navarchus]

It is a Koran. What a shame these guys grow up to be so Fugly.

 

[dustin_P74]

It is a Koran. What a shame these guys grow up to be so Fugly.

i have yet to see a truer statement then that one

 

[Bifferwine]

Then you do what most middle-aged men going through a mid-life crisis do! Ditch the old, washed-up hag for a new, younger, juvenile trophy fish!

 

[Alexander]

It is a Koran. What a shame these guys grow up to be so Fugly.

I COMPLETELY disagree with that. I love the adult koran and if doc were here he would back me on that too :cry:

 

[dustin_P74]

I COMPLETELY disagree with that. I love the adult koran and if doc were here he would back me on that too :cry:

but you have to admit, compared to other adult angels the koran is one of the ugliest

 

[Alexander]

not at all. I can think of others I think look worse. And all large angelfish are beautiful, some just more than others. I love the super bright blue accents and the bright blue spots on a black back half too. and sometimes dorsal fin will get really bright yellow at the end too. Im holding my ground.

 

[dustin_P74]

name some of the uglier ones

 

[Alexander]

Well as i said they are all beautiful, however they ones that I personally prefer the Koran over are:
French Angelfish, Pomacanthus paru (very close call but still Koran)
King Angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Rock Beauty, Holacanthus tricolor
Yellow Bar, Pomacanthus maculosus

French angel is almost a close tie. the holacanthus dont have much going for me except with the queen and blue angel for sure. I wish my Queen was not so aggressive. That was an EXTREMELY beautiful fish.

 

[dustin_P74]

i dont know, i agree with some of those although i strongly disagree with the passer choice, its got awesome coloration all the way through its life. the french and gray angel i think are tied because at adult phases they look very similar

 

[Alexander]

I like the juv passers. like the one you had. but maybe the ones i have seen are not as good looking as adults. Like this one looks kinda washed out.

Dont get me wrong. I love passers but I still love korans too!

 

[Alexander]

Like this one is STUNNING I think its just hit and miss with them

 

[dustin_P74]

it probably depends on what stage of coloration they are pulled out of the ocean at

 

[Alexander]

it probably depends on what stage of coloration they are pulled out of the ocean at

Diet could actually be a major player in that too.

 

[dustin_P74]

well thats more or less what i meant, since they have their natural diet in the wild and no matter how hard we try we can never match that, especially since all fish of a species are different and prefer different foods