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rschuh · 09-28-2006, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by Jav400:

Glad you are enjoying it so much and welcome to our forum.

Do a google search for juvenile queen angel and then look at the results on the images page.

I am not sure what you are talking about. I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and used to dive and collect fish all the time as a kid. Here are the photos and you can decide for yourself. Here is a photo of a Juvenile Blue: http://tinyurl.com/f6n8r

Here is a Juvenile Queen: http://tinyurl.com/z2hkm

The Blue has less streamers on the back of the top and bottom fins and the bars on the Blue are more straight. The top and bottom fins of the Queen are longer and the bars are more curved. Look at these photos and then look at the fish on the screen saver. In person, it is really easy to tell as the colors of the juvenile queen really jump out. I have been dealing with marine aquariums, fish and corals for 35 years or so, I do know a bit. ;-) Another thing that can really screw up ID is that Blues and Queens will cross breed in the wild. It is called a Townsend's Angel. Both the blue and queen are gorgeous in their Juvenile form, but the Queen is FAR more striking when it is an adult. It is just like the French and Grey angels from the Atlantic too. They both are VERY similar in their juvenile form, but when they mature, the Greys actually turn a really plain looking black and grey fish and the French keeps a great deal of yellow in it. In the Pacific, the Emperor and Koran look very similar in their Juvenile form and are RADICALLY different looking when they mature. I would like everyone to look at the photos and the fish on the screen saver. As I stated, I am probably being far too critical, but I do think it is important just so he has the correct scientific name.

Thanks

Rob

09-28-2006, 07:00 PM	#27
rschuh Registered Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 9	Originally posted by Jav400: Glad you are enjoying it so much and welcome to our forum. Do a google search for juvenile queen angel and then look at the results on the images page. I am not sure what you are talking about. I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and used to dive and collect fish all the time as a kid. Here are the photos and you can decide for yourself. Here is a photo of a Juvenile Blue: http://tinyurl.com/f6n8r Here is a Juvenile Queen: http://tinyurl.com/z2hkm The Blue has less streamers on the back of the top and bottom fins and the bars on the Blue are more straight. The top and bottom fins of the Queen are longer and the bars are more curved. Look at these photos and then look at the fish on the screen saver. In person, it is really easy to tell as the colors of the juvenile queen really jump out. I have been dealing with marine aquariums, fish and corals for 35 years or so, I do know a bit. ;-) Another thing that can really screw up ID is that Blues and Queens will cross breed in the wild. It is called a Townsend's Angel. Both the blue and queen are gorgeous in their Juvenile form, but the Queen is FAR more striking when it is an adult. It is just like the French and Grey angels from the Atlantic too. They both are VERY similar in their juvenile form, but when they mature, the Greys actually turn a really plain looking black and grey fish and the French keeps a great deal of yellow in it. In the Pacific, the Emperor and Koran look very similar in their Juvenile form and are RADICALLY different looking when they mature. I would like everyone to look at the photos and the fish on the screen saver. As I stated, I am probably being far too critical, but I do think it is important just so he has the correct scientific name. Thanks Rob