Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Striated surgeonfish
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Mangangadlit
Striated surgeonfish,
Uyuy,
Augaldit,
Indagan,
Indangan,
Indangan,
Indangan,
Kadlitan,
Labahita,
Lined bristletooth,
Mamlad,
Mongit,
Mungit,
Mungit,
Mungit,
Mungit,
Surahan,
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| Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes), subfamily: Acanthurinae |
| 26 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 36 years |
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reef-associated; depth range 1 - 35 m |
| Indo-Pacific: throughout the region excluding the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Easter islands. Record from Baker Island (US Minor Islands) based on a photograph (Ref. 42056). Absent from Malden and Jarvis islands (Ref. 1602). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-31; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 24-28. Body dark olive-brown. Orange spots on head. Pectoral fin yellowish, caudal and ventral fins brown, anterior part of caudal fin pale. Each side of caudal peduncle with sharp, forward-pointing erectile spine which folds down into a horizontal groove. Scales minute. Juveniles with 8 - 12 pale stipes inclining downward and backwards on body. Teeth movable, slender, tips incurved and expanded; upper jaw 5-6 denticulations, lower only 3-4. Gill rakers 27-36 in anterior row, 29-42 in posterior row. |
| Inhabits reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 30 m. Occurs over coral (Ref. 58534), rock, pavement, or rubble substrates. May occur singly or in small to very large, often mixed-species aggregations (Ref. 48637). Feeds on surface film of blue-green algae and diatoms (making this species a key link in the ciguatera food chain) as well as on various small invertebrates. |
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(Ref. 96402)
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| reports of ciguatera poisoning |
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Known from Danjugan Island, Negros Occidental (Ref. 58652), Verde Island Passage (Ref. 107854, 107855), Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756), Calatagan, Batangas (Ref. 107853), Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276), Davao Gulf, Malalag Bay, Sarangani Bay, Bongo Island and Paril-Sangay Protected Seascape, Moro Gulf (Ref. 106380). Also recorded from (San Luis, Bauan, Mabini, Lobo, San Juan) Batangas, between 3-7 m deep from Feb. - April 2014 (Ref. 107629) and Bantayan Is. in northern Cebu (Ref. 114734). Also Ref. 37792, 42056, 48613. |
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