Striated Surgeonfish feeding amongst button corals

Striated Surgeonfish feeding amongst button corals

Striated Surgeonfish feeding on the reef surrounded by delicate button polyps (zoanthus coral) and a variety of other corals in beautiful soft colours and textures. Striated Surgeonfish feed on fine detrital material. They whisk the sand and rocky materials from the corals with their teeth and then use suction to draw out small fragments of algae, organic materials and fine sediment.

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Striated Surgeonfish Facts
Other names: Striped Bristletooth, Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish, Orange-dotted Bristletooth, Lined Bristletooth
Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus
Family: Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes)
Max. size: 26 cm
Depth: 1 - 35 metres
Diet: Algae fragments, organic detritus, inorganic sediments, diatoms, film of blue-green algae, small invertebrates
Habitat: Coral reefs, shallow lagoons, outer reef slopes
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and coast of East Africa to Pitcairn Island and French Polynesia except the Marquesas, northwards to the Ryukyu and Ogasawara Islands, Japan and southwards to Elizabeth/Middleton Reefs and Rapa, Masirah Island, central coast of Oman
Conservation: Least Concern