Short-tail bristle-tooth

Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus

Acanthurid Fish from Indo Pacific

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Ctenochaetus
Maximum length: 16 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Pacific: Ogasawara Islands, south through the Philippines and Indonesia to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia, east to Samoa in the South Pacific, to the Marshall Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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