spotted unicornfish

Naso brevirostris

Sixty Centimeters Acanthurid Fish from the Red Sea

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
West Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

Naso brevirostris, also known as the short-nosed unicornfish, spotted unicornfish, brown unicornfish, lined unicornfish, longnose surgeonfish, palefin unicornfish, paletail unicornfish, shorthorned unicornfish or shortsnouted unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It occurs in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Naso
Maximum length: 60 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island (Ref. 1602 ); exxcluding Oman and Persian Gulf (Ref. 86689 ). Eastern Central Pacific: Galápagos Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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