Ctenochaetus
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Ctenochaetus, or bristletooth tangs, is a genus of fish
in the Acanthuridae
family.
It contains the following nine species, listed alphabetically:
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Acanthuridae
Acanthuridae
Acanthuridae is the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 80 species in six genera, all of which are marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs...
family.
It contains the following nine species, listed alphabetically:
- Ctenochaetus binotatusCtenochaetus binotatusCtenochaetus binotatus, commonly known as the twospot surgeonfish, is a tang fish native to the Indo-Pacific. It is a reef fish occurring at depths from 10–50 m and can grow to 22 cm in length. It is a brownish color with green tinged stripes along the body and similarly colored spots on the...
Randall, 1955 – Twospot surgeonfish - Ctenochaetus cyanocheilusCtenochaetus cyanocheilusCtenochaetus cyanocheilus, is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae, endemic to Oceania. It is also known commonly as the bluelip bristletooth. This fish grows to 6.3 inches in the wild.-References:*...
Randall & Clements, 2001 - Ctenochaetus flavicaudaCtenochaetus flavicaudaCtenochaetus flavicauda is a Tang from the Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 11.8 cm in length, making it the smallest ctenochaetus tang, and also the smallest acanthurid...
Fowler, 1938 - Ctenochaetus hawaiiensisCtenochaetus hawaiiensisCtenochaetus hawaiiensis is a Tang from the Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 25 cm in length. As a juvenile it is a yellow to orange color with purple markings, as an adult it is dark brown with light colored fine horizontal striping....
(Randall, 1955) Chevron tang - Ctenochaetus marginatusCtenochaetus marginatusCtenochaetus marginatus is a tropical fish found in coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Achille Valenciennes in 1835, and is commonly known as the Striped-fin surgeonfish, the Blue-spotted bristletooth, or the Bluespotted surgeonfish. It is used in aquariums....
(ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1835) – Striped-fin surgeonfish - Ctenochaetus striatusCtenochaetus striatusCtenochaetus striatus is a Tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 26 cm in length....
(QuoyJean René Constant QuoyJean René Constant Quoy was a French zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville...
& GaimardJoseph Paul GaimardJoseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist on the ships L'Uranie under Louis de Freycinet 1817-1820, and L'Astrolabe under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826-1829...
, 1825) – Striated surgeonfish - Ctenochaetus strigosusCtenochaetus strigosusThe Kole Tang or Spotted surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus strigosus, is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae. Which is endemic to Oceana. It grows to 5.7 inches in the wild. Its a brown color with light blue to yellow horizontal stripes over its body which change into spots towards...
(Bennett, 1828) – Kole Tang - Ctenochaetus tominiensisCtenochaetus tominiensisCtenochaetus tominiensis is a Tang from the Western Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 16 cm in length.-External links:*...
Randall, 1955 – Tomini surgeonfish - Ctenochaetus truncatusCtenochaetus truncatusCtenochaetus truncatus is a tropical fish found in the Indian Ocean. It was first named by Randall and Clements in 2001, and is known commonly as the Indian gold-ring bristletooth....
Randall & Clements, 2001