Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 26 cm
- 🌊 lagoons and slopes
The striated surgeonfish (bristletooth) is a small brown-black surgeonfish that combs the bottom with its fine teeth to collect algae and sediment. It often lives in groups.
Did you know?
Its Tahitian name is maito.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Chirurgien noir.
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