Short-tail bristle-tooth
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Randall & Clements, 2001
Also calledChirurgien à lèvres bleues (fra) · Cirurgião-de-lábios-azuis (por) · Kinrinsazanamihagi (jpn) · Peix cirurgià princesa (cat) · Pesce chirurgo dalle labbra blu (ita) · Pez Cirujano de Cola Corta y Dientes de Peine (spa) · dridri (fij) · キンリンサザナミハギ (jpn)
First described in: Randall, J. E; Clements, K. D. (2001). Second revision of the surgeonfish genus <i>Ctenochaetus</i> (Perciformes: Acanthuridae), with descriptions of two new species. <em>Indo-Pac. Fish.</em> 32: 1-33.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Found in lagoons and seaward reef slopes, 1 – 46 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a video of a specimen taken east of Albatross Passage, southwestern Kavieng District, at 3 – 57 m depth, St. KR 186, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell); a specimen observed at Nemto Island, New Hanover, 4 – 15 m depth, St. T 23, on 7 Nov. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2379644.