Ctenochaetus truncatus Randall & Clements 2001

Other Names: Indian Gold Ring Bristletooth, Indian Gold-ring Bristle-tooth, Spotted Yellow Eye Tang, Truncate Bristletooth, Yelloweye Bristletooth

Ctenochaetus truncatus, at Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Source: Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:

Abundant at Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.

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Dianne J. Bray, Ctenochaetus truncatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Mar 2023, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4938

Ctenochaetus truncatus Randall & Clements 2001

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Distribution	Recorded from the Australian territories of Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) islands in the Indian Ocean. Elsewhere, widespread in the Indian Ocean from East Africa to Natal, to the Andaman Sea off Thailand, Cocos Keeling Islands and Christmas Island. The species is common in parts of its range, and is one of the most abundant surgeonfishes at Christmas Island. Inhabits shallow coral and rocky reefs.
Features	Meristic features: Dorsal fin VIII, 24-25; Anal fin III, 22-23. Margins of lips papillate. Only species of Ctenochaetus with angular dorsal and anal fins. Caudal fin of juveniles forked, of adults lunate. Gill rakers on anterior row 20-21, on posterior row 20. Outer soft portion of dorsal and anal fins orange (pale in preservative). Caudal fin white. Edge of lips crenulate. Upper teeth with 2 or 3 denticulations (not including tip). Anterior gill rakers 19-23 (Ref 42056).
Feeding	Thsi species, like all members of the genus Ctenochaetus, feeds on detritus (comprised of diatoms, algal fragments, organic material and fine inorganic sediment) scraped and sucked up from the substrate.
Species Citation	Ctenochaetus tominiensis Randall, 1955, Zoologica 40(4): 163. Type locality: Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Ctenochaetus truncatus Randall & Clements 2001

References

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Randall, J.E. 2001. Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the World. Honolulu : Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press 125 pp.

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.