Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Pale-Tailed Bristletooth
Ctenochaetus flavicauda
Pale-Tailed Bristletooth
Also known as: Whitetail Bristletooth
Category: Surgeonfishes
Scientific Name: Ctenochaetus flavicauda
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Central Pacific, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Acanthuridae (Family) Surgeonfishes
      └Ctenochaetus (Genus)
       └C. flavicauda (Species)
WoRMS ID: 277560🔗
iNaturalist ID: 187281🔗

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