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Updated 3/23/2020

Family Acanthuridae

INDO-PACIFIC

Ctenochaetus striatus

Juvenile, Utulei, American Samoa

 

Faga'alu, American Samoa


Mo'orea, 50 feet


Palau

LINED BRISTLETOOTH

Abundant on shallow reefs at any depth.  Pale or dark brown with orange dots on head, stripes disappear with age.  Attains 10 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa and French Polynesia, excluding Hawai'i.