Short-tail bristle-tooth

Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus, the bluelip bristletooth, yelloweye bristletooth, goldring bristletooth, Indo-Pacific yellow tang or short-tail bristle-tooth, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus was first formally described in 2001 by the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall and the New Zealand biologist Kendall Clements with its type locality given as the lagoon between Enewetak and Parry Islands in the…

Ctenochaetus est un genre de poissons marins de la famille des Acanthuridae. Le nom du genre vient du grec ktenos, peigne, et de chaite, cheveux. Ces poissons sont appelés dent de peigne en français.

El Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus es una especie de pez cirujano del género Ctenochaetus, encuadrado en la familia Acanthuridae. Es un pez marino del orden Perciformes, ampliamente distribuido, y de no común a ocasional en la mayor parte de su rango. Su nombre más común en inglés es Short-tail bristle-tooth, o diente de cerda de cola corta.