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Goldring Surgeonfish

Ctenochaetus strigosus

Rock and boulder habitat; Outer reef habitat

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Goldring Surgeonfish

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Habitat in featured records
Rock and boulder habitat; Outer reef habitat
Depths in featured records
4.7–15.1 m
Viewing activities
Scuba diving · Snorkeling

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These dated records show past presence. They do not establish today’s abundance, guarantee a sighting, or describe the species’ entire range.

Hawaiʻi

Recorded here

2,275 OBIS records in the regional query · snapshot 2026-09-12.

Depths in retrieved records
4.7–15.1 m
Habitat in retrieved records
Rock and boulder habitat; Outer reef habitat
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View example source records
  • OBIS · 2020-11-01iNaturalist research-grade observations · David R · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
  • OBIS · 2019-07-14NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands · Diver initials TW_ · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
  • OBIS · 2016-08-15NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands · Diver initials ARP · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode