Ctenochaetus flavicauda

Ctenochaetus flavicauda

''Ctenochaetus flavicauda'' is a tang from the Pacific Ocean. It grows to a size of 11.8 cm in length, making it the smallest ctenochaetus tang, and also the smallest acanthurid.
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Appearance

As a juvenile it is a bright yellow color, as an adult it is reddish-brown color with orange-colored fine horizontal striping, the tail is white and the eye is ringed by bright yellow.

Naming

The species was first described in 1938 by Henry W. Fowler from a specimen collected near Takaroa in 1937 by the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderAcanthuriformes
FamilyAcanthuridae
GenusCtenochaetus
SpeciesC. flavicauda
Photographed in
French Polynesia