Bristletoothed Surgeonfish
Ctenochaetus strigosus
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 37 diving areas across 28 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 4 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 4 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 5 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 12 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 9 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 9 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 10 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 4 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 11 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 7 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 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 - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 14 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 8 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records