Description
Also known as Bristletooth Orange Stripe, Bristletooth Surgeonfish Striated Tang, Bristletooth Tang, Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish, Doctorfish, Fine-lined Bristletooth, Lancetfish, Lined Bristletooth, Orange-dotted Bristletooth, Orange Stripe Kole Tang, Striped Bristletooth, Striped Bristletooth Surgeonfish, Striped Bristletooth Tang, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish.
Found singly or in small to large mixed schools over rubble and sand substrate of reef flats, lagoons and seaward reefs rich in algae growth. These fish have the ability to remain motionless for several hours and then change their colour to pale grey.
They feed on algae.
Length - 25cm
Depth - 1-30m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Surgeonfish have a blade like spine in the tail that points outwards when bent, unicorns have two hook-like plates along the tail, these are used for defence and are as sharp as a surgeons scalpel, hence the name "Surgeonfish".
Some species are venomous. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Ctenochaetus-striatus
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