Species Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Randall & Clements, 2001
Yelloweye Bristletooth, Bristle-toothed Surgeon-fish, Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish, Goldring Bristletooth, Indo-Pacific Yellow Tang, Yellow-eye Surgeonfish
- Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Randall, J.E. & Clements, K.D. 2001. Second revision of the surgeonfish genus Ctenochaetus (Perciformes: Acanthuridae), with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 32: 1-33 [9, pls 1b, 4c-f].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 7335, lagoon between Eniwetok and Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Paratype(s) ASIZP 60550; BMNH 2000.6.22.1; BPBM 7371; BPBM 8147; BPBM 11428; BPBM 14563; BPBM 16136; BPBM 17539; BPBM 31482; AM I.40282-001; LACM 54451-1; MNHP 2000-1211; NSMT P.59706; ROM 56069-70; SAIAB 62190; USNM 162596; USNM 196258; WAM P.27980-019; WAM P.31434-028.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Ctenochaetus strigosus Bennett, 1828 [a misidentification]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [49] (1474)
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [140]
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [428]
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [428]
Introduction
Previously identified as Ctenochaetus strigosus, which is now recognised as a complex of four species, also including C. flavicauda and C. truncatus. Ctenochaetus strigosus is now considered to be endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. See Randall & Clements (2001).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ningaloo Reef (22°00'S) to Dampier Archipelago (20°28'S), Rowley Shoals (17°20'S) and Scott Reef, (14°03'S), WA, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°15'S), Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Lizard Island (14°40'S) to Capricorn Group (23°30'S), QLD, also Ashmore Reef, Coral Sea (10°13'S), Osprey Reef (13°56'S), Coringa-Herald Cays (16°56'S) and Lihou Reef (17°25'S), Coral Sea; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91 [89] (as C. strigosus)
- Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [100] (as C. strigosus)
- Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [18] (as C. strigosus)
- Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270 [270] (as C. strigosus)
- Hutchins, J.B., Williams, D.McB., Newman, S.J., Cappo, M. & Speare, P. 1995. New records of fishes for the Rowley Shoals and Scott/Seringapatam Reefs, off north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 119-123 [122] (as C. strigosus)
- Oxley, W.G., Ayling, A.M., Cheal, A.J. & Thompson, A.A. 2003. Marine surveys undertaken in the Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve, March-April 2003. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Science 59 pp. [40] (as C. strigosus)
- Oxley, W.G., Emslie, M., Muir, P. & Thompson, A.A. 2004. Marine surveys undertaken in the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve, March 2004. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Science i-vii, 1-67 pp. [53] (as C. strigosus)
- Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [341] (as C. strigosus)
- Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105 [103]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine.
General References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [1027] (Vol III)
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [140] (as Ctenochaetus strigosus)
Kuiter, R.H. & Debelius, H. 2001. Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives. A comprehensive guide to Acanthuroidei. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 208 pp. [80-81] (as Ctenochaetus sp 1)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [428] (as Ctenochaetus strigosus)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [428] (as C. strigosus)
Randall, J.E. & Clements, K.D. 2001. Second revision of the surgeonfish genus Ctenochaetus (Perciformes: Acanthuridae), with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 32: 1-33 [9]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [49] (1474, as Ctenochaetus strigosus)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications. [2243] (Indo-Pacific Yellow Tang, Yellow-eye Surgeonfish)
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [140] (Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [333] (Bristle-toothed Surgeon-fish)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [428] (Goldring Bristletooth)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |