WoRMS taxon details
Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
219657 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219657)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
Ctenochaetus cyanoguttatus Randall, 1955 · unaccepted
Ctenochaetus magnus Randall, 1955 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219657 on 2026-03-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ctenochaetus cyanoguttatus Randall, 1955) Randall, J. E. (1955). A revision of the surgeon fish genus Ctenochaetus, family Acanthuridae, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 40 (pt 4, 15): 149-166, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203426 [details]
original description (of Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details]
original description (of Ctenochaetus magnus Randall, 1955) Randall, J. E. (1955). A revision of the surgeon fish genus Ctenochaetus, family Acanthuridae, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 40 (pt 4, 15): 149-166, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203426 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details]
original description (of Ctenochaetus magnus Randall, 1955) Randall, J. E. (1955). A revision of the surgeon fish genus Ctenochaetus, family Acanthuridae, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 40 (pt 4, 15): 149-166, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203426 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenochaetus cyanoguttatus Randall, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctenochaetus marginatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenochaetus cyanoguttatus Randall, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenochaetus magnus Randall, 1955)
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ctenochaetus marginatus FIN026074 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ctenochaetus marginatus FIN026074B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenochaetus cyanoguttatus Randall, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctenochaetus marginatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenochaetus cyanoguttatus Randall, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenochaetus magnus Randall, 1955)
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Acanthurus marginatus Valenciennes, 1835)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ctenochaetus marginatus FIN026074 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ctenochaetus marginatus FIN026074B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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