Two-spot Bristletooth
Ctenochaetus binotatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Ctenochaetus
Where to Find
Found in 54 diving areas across 30 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 15 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 18 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 36 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 7 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 9 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 33 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 125 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 3 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 6 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 12 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 35 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 66 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 6 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 121 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 251 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 243 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 94 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 15 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 25 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 19 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 270 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 63 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 13 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 10 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 70 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 21 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 63 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 58 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 3 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 37 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 4 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 171 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 198 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 33 records