🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Indian Gold-ring Bristletooth live?

Ctenochaetus truncatus has 1,004 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1950 to 2026. Most records come from Mayotte.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesAcanthuridaeCtenochaetus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. 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
Mayotte 485
Seychelles 152
Christmas Island 58
Maldives 49
RΓ©union 35
French Southern Territories 32
Kenya 31
Tanzania 27
Mozambique 24
Comoros 23
South Africa 23
Australia 15
British Indian Ocean Territory 12
Thailand 9
New Caledonia 6
Mauritius 5
Indonesia 4
Cocos Islands 2
Philippines 2
Yemen 2
Cook Islands 1
Egypt 1
India 1
Madagascar 1
Myanmar 1
French Polynesia 1
Taiwan 1
United States 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.