| Common name | Black comb-tooth |
| Language | English |
| Type | Aquarium |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Territory | Indonesia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Kuiter, R.H., 1992 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'comb-tooth', pertaining to the bristtle like fins; 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979). |