Indian gold-ring bristle-tooth
Ctenochaetus truncatus
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 18 diving areas across 10 countries and 3 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 28 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 22 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 497 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 6 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 100 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 11 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 20 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records