#2313 · 🐟 fish

Lined Bristletooth

Ctenochaetus striatus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © uwkwaj · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Ashton Williams · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Wadi El-Gemal - Hamata:© Frank Krasovec · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Faaa, Îles du Vent, French Polynesia:© François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt:© Gergely Nigg · CC BY 4.0
10. Vietnam:© Huy Chi Truong · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The striated surgeonfish , Ctenochaetus striatus , is a species of marine fish in the family Acanthuridae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,928iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,928 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1825 (201 years ago).