Whitetail Bristletooth
Ctenochaetus flavicauda
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
Ctenochaetus flavicauda, the whitetail bristletooth or redspotted tang, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It is found in the western central Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Ctenochaetus flavicauda was first formally described in 1938 by the American zoologist Henry Weed Fowler with its type locality given as Takaroa in the Tuamotu Islands of French Polynesia.
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.
Ctenochaetus es un género de peces cirujano, de la familia Acanthuridae. Son ágiles nadadores, sociables con la mayoría de habitantes del arrecife, a excepción de machos territoriales de su misma especie. Poseen la morfología típica de su familia, cuerpo comprimido y ovalado.
Distribution
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