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Hawaiian Bristletooth
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Hawaiian Bristletooth

Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis

Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis (commonly known as chevron tang, but also known as black surgeonfish, Hawaiian bristletooth, Hawaiian kole or Hawaiian surgeonfish) are a species of reef surgeonfish in the family Acanthuridae. They were first described by ichthyologist John Ernest Randall in 1955.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122516.