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Two-spot Bristletooth

Ctenochaetus binotatus

Classification

Ctenochaetus binotatus, the twospot bristletooth or twospot surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes unicornfishes and tangs. This species has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. Taxonomy Ctenochaetus binotatus was first formally described in 1955 by the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall with its type locality given as Batangas Bay, off the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

Distribution

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