twospot surgeonfish

Ctenochaetus binotatus

Acanthurid Fish from Easter Island

twospot surgeonfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 22 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Ctenochaetus
Maximum length: 22 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to central New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Not known from the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, the Gulf, the Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas, Rapa, Pitcairn Islands, and Easter Island.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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