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surgeonfishes have a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. They are found from the eastern coast of Africa, includiong the Red Sea eastwards through the tropical Indian Ocean into the
Pacific Ocean as far east as
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Sorenson; Francesco Santini; Giorgio Carnevale; Michael E. Alfaro (2013). "A multi-locus timetree of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae, Percomorpha), with revised family taxonomy".
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Bennett, E. T. (1828). "Observations on the fishes contained in the collection of the
Zoological Society. On some fishes from the Sandwich Islands".
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are supported by 3 spines and between 22 and 28 soft rays. These fish vary in length from a maximum published
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region. They have many, small flexible teeth and some species have the common name bristletooth.
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and are very similar to them. They have a different jaw structure from the
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surgeonfishes having numerous brush or bristle like flexible teeth. Their
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surgeonfishes are closely related to the surgeonfishes in the genus
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currently has nine recognised species classified within it:
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767:(2022). "Family Acanthuridae". In
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502:(Indian gold-ring bristle-tooth)
346:within the family Acanthuridae.
322:were found to form a clade with
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534:of 15 cm (5.9 in) in
599:California Academy of Sciences
542:of 27 cm (11 in) in
302:should be merged as otherwise
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1048:Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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406:(Short-tail bristle-tooth)
446:(Striped-fin surgeonfish)
396:Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
361:, meaning “bristle”, and
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425:Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis
420:(Whitetail bristletooth)
538:to a maximum published
436:Ctenochaetus marginatus
411:Ctenochaetus flavicauda
1053:Taxa described in 1884
496:Ctenochaetus truncatus
470:Ctenochaetus strigosus
465:(Striated surgeonfish)
382:Ctenochaetus binotatus
42:Ctenochaetus strigosus
982:Paleobiology Database
585:Eschmeyer, William N.
451:Ctenochaetus striatus
391:(Twospot surgeonfish)
326:. The 5th edition of
287:Edward Turner Bennett
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491:(Tomini surgeonfish)
400:J. E. Randall &
281:had originally been
271:Acanthurus strigosus
161:Acanthurus strigosus
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329:Fishes of the World
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917:iNaturalist
850:Wikispecies
480:(Kole Tang)
337:Acanthurini
285:in 1828 by
127:Acanthurini
1027:Categories
801:2023-07-17
566:References
524:dorsal fin
520:Acanthurus
516:Acanthurus
313:A. nubilis
304:Acanthurus
299:Acanthurus
236:of marine
212:Klunzinger
144:T. N. Gill
713:4 October
660:1055-7903
604:2 October
528:anal fins
350:Etymology
341:subfamily
289:from the
283:described
264:biologist
197:Acronurus
181:See text
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67:Eukaryota
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792:Archived
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402:Clements
255:Taxonomy
208:Ctenodon
188:Synonyms
175:Species
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87:Chordata
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77:Animalia
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369:Species
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339:of the
273:as its
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203:, 1861
201:GĂĽnther
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416:Fowler
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389:, 1955
242:family
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896:3WYP
883:3672
878:BOLD
782:ISBN
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