Ctenochaetus Marginatus
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''Ctenochaetus marginatus'' is a tropical fish found in coral reefs in the
Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
.''Ctenochaetus marginatus''
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It was first named by
Achille Valenciennes Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist. Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology. ...
in 1835, and is commonly known as the striped-fin surgeonfish, the blue-spotted bristletooth, or the bluespotted surgeonfish.Common names for ''Ctenochaetus marginatus''
at www.fishbase.org.
It is used in aquariums.


References

Acanthuridae Fish described in 1835 {{Acanthuridae-stub