Short Tail Bristle Tooth

Color orangish brown to dark brown with bluish lines following scale rows; chest with bluish cast; head, anterior body above pectoral-fin base, and chest with very small pale yellowish spots; lips blue; orbit narrowly rimmed with dull yellow. Median fins dark brown, dorsal with bluish lines extending in from body. Young bright yellow. Lip margins smooth to finely papillate. Caudal fin emarginate (Ref. 42056).

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 28; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 22 - 26

Inhabits inner to outer reef with rich coral growth, usually on upper part of slopes in 7-15 meters depth (Ref. 48637). Solitary or in groups, grazing on algae (Ref. 90102).

Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus, is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae, endemic to Oceania. It is also known commonly as the bluelip bristletooth. This fish grows to 6.3 inches (16 cm) in the wild.