Ctenochaetus binotatus
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Ctenochaetus binotatus, commonly known as the twospot surgeonfish, is a tang fish
native to the Indo-Pacific
. It is a reef fish occurring at depths from 10–50 m (33–165 ft) and can grow to 22 cm in length. It is a brownish color with green tinged stripes along the body and similarly colored spots on the face. The eye is surrounded by a small area of vivid blue. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium
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Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
native to the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
. It is a reef fish occurring at depths from 10–50 m (33–165 ft) and can grow to 22 cm in length. It is a brownish color with green tinged stripes along the body and similarly colored spots on the face. The eye is surrounded by a small area of vivid blue. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium
Aquarium
An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants...
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