Ctenochaetus flavicauda (*) Cladus: Eukaryota --------- Ctenochaetus flavicauda is a Tang from the Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 11.8 cm (4.6 in) in length, making it the smallest ctenochaetus tang, and also the smallest acanthurid. 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. References * Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Ctenochaetus flavicauda" in FishBase. February 2009 version. Source: Wikispecies, Wikipedia: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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