Accepted scientific name:

Synonyms:

Common names:

Bristletoothed surgeonfish English

Goldring bristletooth English

Goldring surgeonfish English

Indangan Agutaynen, Bikol, Cebuano, Davawenyo, Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug, Other, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Visayan

Kole Hawaiian

Kozhimeen Malayalam, Tamil

Labahita Ilokano, Kuyunon, Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug, Tagalog

Mangangadlit Tagalog

Matta Telugu

Mongit Davawenyo, Surigaonon

Mungit Bikol, Cebuano, Davawenyo, Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug, Surigaonon, Visayan, Waray-waray

Mungit-higad Surigaonon

Orandah Tamil

Pala Malayalam, Marathi, Portuguese

Rykathi Mahl

Slender-toothed surgeonfish English

Spotted bristletooth English

Spotted surgeonfish English

Yelloweye surgeonfish English

Yellow-eyed surgeonfish English

Guldringet kirurgfisk Danish

扁體櫛齒刺尾魚 Mandarin Chinese

扁体栉齿刺尾鱼 Mandarin Chinese

கோழி மீன் Tamil

கோழீமீன்  Tamil

உருண்ட Tamil

உரன்டா Tamil

പല Malayalam

പാള Malayalam

మట్ట   Telugu

Classification:

Distribution:

Australia; Coral Sea and GBR; Davao Gulf; Eastern Central Pacific: endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island. Western Central Pacific: Australia (Ref. 2334).; Great Barrier Reef; Hawaii (USA); India; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Insular Pacific-Hawaiian; Johnston Island; Mauritius; Mozambique; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Western Central; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Réunion; South China Sea; Sulu-Celebes Sea; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Thailand; Tubbataha Reefs; Viet Nam

Additional data:

Type species of the genus.

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Randall, John E., Data last modified by FishBase 27-Aug-1994

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...

CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:dc7cb3aa-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008