''Ctenochaetus'', or bristletooth tangs, is a genus of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing 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. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the family
Acanthuridae
Acanthuridae are the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are brightly colored and popular in aq ...
.
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Ctenochaetus binotatus''
J. E. Randall, 1955 (Twospot surgeonfish)
* ''
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus''
J. E. Randall & Clements Clement may refer to:
People
* Clements (surname)
Places
* Clements, California, U.S.
* Clements, Kansas, U.S.
* Clements, Maryland, U.S.
* Clements, Minnesota, U.S.
* Clements, West Virginia, U.S.
* Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
Zoo ...
, 2001
* ''
Ctenochaetus flavicauda''
Fowler, 1938
* ''
Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis''
J. E. Randall, 1955 (Chevron tang)
* ''
Ctenochaetus marginatus''
(Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1835) (Striped-fin surgeonfish)
* ''
Ctenochaetus striatus
The striated surgeonfish, ''Ctenochaetus striatus'', is a species of marine fish in the family Acanthuridae.
The striated surgeonfish can reach a maximum size of 24 cm in length, but its common size is observed to be around 18 cm.
Th ...
''
( Quoy & Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1825) (Striated surgeonfish)
* ''
Ctenochaetus strigosus''
( E. T. Bennett, 1828) (Kole Tang)
* ''
Ctenochaetus tominiensis''
J. E. Randall, 1955 (Tomini surgeonfish)
* ''
Ctenochaetus truncatus''
J. E. Randall & Clements Clement may refer to:
People
* Clements (surname)
Places
* Clements, California, U.S.
* Clements, Kansas, U.S.
* Clements, Maryland, U.S.
* Clements, Minnesota, U.S.
* Clements, West Virginia, U.S.
* Port Clements, British Columbia, Canada
Zoo ...
, 2001
References
Acanthuridae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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