Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Bluelipped Bristletooth
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
Bluelipped Bristletooth
Category: Surgeonfishes
Scientific Name: Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
Size: Up to 7 in. (18 cm)  
Depth: 10-150 ft. (3-45 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
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. cyanocheilus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 277559🔗
iNaturalist ID: 187280🔗

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