In the spotlight
Quelles sont les nouvelles espèces dans l’exposition Échappée tropicale ?
De nouvelles espèces viennent enrichir les bassins de l’exposition.
Identity card
Spotted bristletooth
- Scientific name:
- Ctenochaetus strigosus
- Family:
- Acanthuridae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Bennett, 1828
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Eastern Central Pacific: endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island.
- Habitat:
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Coral reefs, rocky and detrital bottoms, between 1 and 113 metres deep.
- Size:
Up to 15 cm.
- Diet:
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Detritivore.
