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Striped Bristletooth tang
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- Latin
- Ctenochaetus striatus
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Fishbase Url
- http://www.fishbase.org/summary/1262
- Maximum Size
- 26cm, 10.5"
- Minimum Tank Size
- 501 to 1000 Litres
- Care level
- Medium
- Reef Compatibility
- Yes
- Group compatibility
- Keep singly
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Aggressive to similar species
- Compatibility with hard corals
- No Issues
- Compatibility with soft corals
- No Issues
- Compatibility with Invertabrates
- No Issues
- Feeding
- Mixture of good quality flake, pellets, frozen food which should have a high content of algae
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Origin (from Fishbase)
- Indo-Pacific: throughout the region excluding the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Easter islands. Record from Baker Island (US Minor Islands) based on a photograph. Absent from Malden and Jarvis islands.
- Image Copyright notice
- By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE (Striated Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus)) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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