🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Marginated Surgeonfish, Striped-fin surgeonfish live?

Ctenochaetus marginatus has 4,217 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1939 to 2026. Most records come from United States Minor Outlying Islands.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesAcanthuridaeCtenochaetus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States Minor Outlying Islands 3,871
Kiribati 63
Mexico 56
Costa Rica 50
Colombia 47
French Polynesia 40
Panama 38
Ecuador 22
Nauru 15
France 6
Tuvalu 4
ZZ 3
Australia 1
Philippines 1

Related animals

Others in the family Acanthuridae.

Blue tang surgeonfish
93,693 records
Ocean surgeon
90,881 records
Striated surgeonfish
Striated surgeonfish
47,714 records
Brown Surgeonfish
Brown Surgeonfish
39,593 records
Orangespine unicornfish
Orangespine unicornfish
24,377 records
Whitecheek surgeonfish
24,157 records
Convict surgeonfish
Convict surgeonfish
22,052 records
Brushtail Surgeonfish, Twotone tang
Brushtail Surgeonfish, Twotone tang
16,060 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.