Location: Rangiroa, French Polynesia
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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Acanthuriformes (Order)
└Acanthuridae (Family)
└Ctenochaetus (Genus)
└C. flavicauda (Species)
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