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Ctenochaetus binotatus

Ctenochaetus binotatus

twospot surgeonfish(+1)·Randall, 1955

GBIF:155345074

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(8)

South Africa
Somali Exclusive Economic Zone
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone(KE)
Comorian Exclusive Economic Zone(KM)
Chagos Archipelago(MU)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone(SC)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

engtwospot surgeonfishengjpnコクテンサザナミハギjpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

engtwospot surgeonfish
eng
Source: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
jpnコクテンサザナミハギ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 29 proteins)

NCBI:txid75020

UNKNOWN

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References(3)

  • 1

    Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

    basis of record
  • 2

    Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

  • 3

    Randall, J. E. (1955). A revision of the surgeon fish genus Ctenochaetus, family Acanthuridae, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 40 (pt 4, 15): 149-166, Pls. 1-2.

    original description
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-19.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155345074
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2379623
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219655
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026