Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish
Ctenochaetus striatus
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 77 diving areas across 36 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 5 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 5 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 27 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 79 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 95 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 111 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 15 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 47 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 15 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 52 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 174 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 58 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 42 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 26 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1623 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 1283 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 2424 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3408 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2097 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 115 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 123 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 241 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 35 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 123 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 4733 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 484 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 479 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1900 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1026 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1302 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 23 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 48 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 103 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 9 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 16 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 11 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 17 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 8 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 823 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 176 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 3 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 12 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 12 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 17 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 18 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 16 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 21 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 80 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 45 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 12 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 245 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 55 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 6 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 151 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 187 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records