Bristle-tooth doctor fish
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Goldring bristle-tooth doctorfish ( Ctenochaetus strigosus ) |
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The bristle- tooth doctor fish ( Ctenochaetus ) are a genus of the doctor fish family . Like all surgeonfish, they have a fold-out thorn for defense at the base of the tail. The fry are often brightly colored, while the adult animals have simple, single-colored drawings.
Bristle-tooth doctor fish have laterally flattened bodies with elongated dorsal and anal fin. As with all surgeon fish species, the mouth is terminal . In contrast to their relatives, they do not feed on leaf and thread algae, but scrape the fine algae coating off stones with their bristle-like teeth.
The bristle-tooth doctor fish are native to the tropical seas of the Indo-Pacific .
species
- Blue-eyed bristle-tooth doctorfish ( Ctenochaetus binotatus ) Randall, 1955
- Blue-lipped bristle tooth doctor ( Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus ) Randall & Clements, 2001
- Ctenochaetus flavicauda Fowler, 1938
- Hawaiian bristle-tooth doctorfish ( Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis ) Randall, 1955
- Blue-spotted bristle-tooth doctorfish ( Ctenochaetus marginatus ) ( Valenciennes , 1835)
- Striped bristle-tooth doctorfish ( Ctenochaetus striatus ) ( Quoy & Gaimard , 1825)
- Goldring bristle-tooth doctorfish ( Ctenochaetus strigosus ) (Bennett, 1828)
- Tomini bristle- tooth doctorfish ( Ctenochaetus tominiensis ) Randall, 1955
- Indian gold ring doctor ( Ctenochaetus truncatus ) Randall & Clements, 2001
literature
- André Luty: Doctor fish. Way of life - care - types. Dähne, Ettlingen 1999, ISBN 3-921684-61-7 .
- Helmut Debelius , Rudie H. Kuiter : Doctor fish and their relatives. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3669-4 .
- Hans A. Baensch , Helmut Debelius, Horst Moosleitner: The common care of invertebrates and tropical marine fish in the aquarium. Mergus, Melle 1997, ISBN 3-88244-110-0 ( Sea Water Atlas. Volume 1).
Web links
Commons : Ctenochaetus - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Bristle-tooth doctor fish on Fishbase.org (English)