Ctenochaetus flavicauda
| Ctenochaetus flavicauda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Ctenochaetus |
| Species: | C. flavicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenochaetus flavicauda Fowler, 1938
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Ctenochaetus flavicauda is a tang from the Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 11.8 cm (4.6 in) in length, making it the smallest ctenochaetus tang, and also the smallest acanthurid. As a juvenile it is a bright yellow color, as an adult it is reddish-brown color with orange-colored fine horizontal striping, the tail is white and the eye is ringed by bright yellow.
The species was first described in 1938 by Henry W. Fowler from a specimen collected near Takaroa in 1937 by the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition.[2]
References[]
- ^ Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; Abesamis, R.; McIlwain, J.; Myers, R.; Nanola, C.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Stockwell, B. (2012). "Ctenochaetus flavicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T178018A1522865. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T178018A1522865.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Fowler, Henry W. (1938). The Fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. Philadelphia. p. 104.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Ctenochaetus flavicauda" in FishBase. February 2009 version.
External links[]
- Photos of Ctenochaetus flavicauda on Sealife Collection
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