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Blue-spotted Bristletooth

Ctenochaetus marginatus

Classification

Ctenochaetus marginatus, the blue-spotted bristletooth, blue-spotted surgeonfish or striped-fin surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the biology Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. The blue-spotted bristletooth is found in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Ctenochaetus marginatus was first formally described as Acanthurus marginatus in 1835 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with its type locality given as Lukonor Island (part of the Federated States of Micronesia) in the Caroline Islands.

Distribution

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