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Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Ctenochaetus marginatus 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features dark grey body - blue spots, fins - blue stripes Dorsal rays VIII, 27-28; anal rays III, 25; pectoral rays 16-17; gill rakers on first arch 26-29; body oval, very compressed, depth 1.8-2.0 in standard length; teeth numerous, in a single row in jaws, movable, elongate, with tips expanded, incurved and denticulate on lateral margins; tips of upper and lower teeth with 3-4 tiny teeth; adults with as many as 44 upper and 60 lower teeth; tail fin concave. Dark brown with numerous close-set small blue spots covering head and body; blue lines on dorsal, tail, anal and pelvic fins. Size: to 30 cm. Inhabits rock and coral reefs in shallow wave-affected areas. Depth: 0-40 m. Scattered localities in the tropical central and eastern Pacific, in the latter region known from Costa Rica to Colombia and all the offshore islands. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 40 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: benthic microalgae; detritus. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=22; Longitudinal range=37. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Detritivore. FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; Pacific only (East + Central &/or West); Central + East Pacific (but not West); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 30 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1994., Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific., Crawford House Press Pty Ltd:1-332. Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843. Cuvier , G. and Valenciennes, A., 1835., Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines., Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, 10:1-482. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131. Rosenblatt , R.H. , McCosker , J.E. and Rubinoff, I., 1972., Indo-west Pacific fishes from the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama., Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 234:18pp. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ctenochaetus&speciesname=marginatus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ctenochaetus&speciesname=marginatus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ctenochaetus&speciesname=marginatus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ctenochaetus&speciesname=marginatus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ctenochaetus&speciesname=marginatus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Ctenochaetus-marginatus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Ctenochaetus Species in    Acanthuridae - Classification - Acanthurinae Acanthuridae Acanthuriformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Ctenochaetus marginatus ( Valenciennes , 1835 ) Striped-fin surgeonfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Ctenochaetus marginatus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Ctenochaetus marginatus Picture by Randall, J.E. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Acanthurinae Etymology: Ctenochaetus: Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + Greek, chaite = hair (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Valenciennes . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 18 m (Ref. 42056 ), usually 9 - 12 m (Ref. 42056 ). Tropical; 15°N - 25°S, 150°E - 78°W Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Pacific Ocean: Marshall, Caroline, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Johnston, Marquesas; including Clipperton Atoll, Cocos and Gorgona islands. Society and Line Islands (Ref. 37792 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 27.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710 ); max. published weight: 410.75 g (Ref. 124696 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26-29; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 24 - 26. Lower lip papillate posteriorly. Gill rakers on anterior row 26-29, on posterior row 34-37. Has brilliant blue spots covering the head, body, and pectoral fins and blue longitudinal pinstripes on the dorsal, anal and caudal fins (Ref 1602). Anterior dorsal soft rays longer than posterior (Ref 42056). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Inhabits shallow seaward reefs (Ref. 9710 ). Small schools may also be found in relatively turbulent waters of the surge zone (Ref. 9267 ). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302 ). Feeds on film algae (Ref. 89972 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Randall, John E. | Collaborators Randall, J.E and K.D. Clements , 2001. Second revision of the surgeonfish genus Ctenochaetus (Perciformes: Acanthuridae), with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (32):33 p. (Ref. 42056 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 07 May 2010 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.01098 - 0.05004), b=2.97 (2.80 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100). Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 31.9 [19.2, 53.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.234 [0.125, 0.576] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.9, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.111 [0.071, 0.180] g/100g; Selenium = 18.1 [10.4, 33.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 43.8 [10.2, 171.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.375 [0.278, 1.286] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-06-04 13:06:53 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation