Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
| Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Ctenochaetus |
| Species: | C. cyanocheilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Clements , 2001 | |
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.
Taxonomy
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus was first formally
type locality given as the lagoon between Enewetak and Parry Islands in the Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.[2] The genera Ctenochaetus and Acanthurus make up the tribe Acanthurini which is one of three tribes in the subfamily Acanthurinae which is one of two subfamilies in the family Acanthuridae.[3]
Etymology
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus has the specific name cyanocheilus, meaning "blue lips", which is a reference to the blue lips this fish shows in life.[4]
Description
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus has its
standard length of 16 cm (6.3 in).[5]
Distribution and habitat
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia east to
Ogasawara Islands of Japan and south to New Caledonia, Tonga and the Great Barrier Reef.[1] The yelloweye bristletooth is found solitarily at depths between 1 and 60 m (3 ft 3 in and 196 ft 10 in) on areas of dense coral growth on inner and outer reefs, grazing on algae.[5]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ctenochaetus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (12 January 2021). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Ctenichaetus cyanocheilus" in FishBase. June 2023 version.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 5 October 2023.