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Naso is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family, Acanthuridae, the unicornfishes, surgeonfishes and tangs. The fishes in this genus are known commonly as unicornfishes because of the "rostral protuberance", a hornlike extension of the forehead present in some species.
The bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis), also known as the short-nose unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific. [3] It is occasionally found in the aquarium trade.
Naso vlamingii was first formally described as Naseus vlamingii in 1835 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with its type locality given as Molucca Island in Indonesia. [3] This species is classified within the nominate subgenus of the genus Naso. [4] The genus Naso is the only genus in the subfamily Nasinae in the family Acanthuridae. [5]
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.
Naso lituratus, the clown unicornfish, orangespined unicornfish, black-finned unicornfish, Pacific orangespined unicornfish, blackfinned unicornfish or stripefaced unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the eastern Indian Ocean ...
Naso lopezi feeds largely on ctenophores and crustaceans, they will also eat algae, diatoms, dinoflagellates and molluscs. They have been observed to gather in large schools to feed during daylight hours in the Philippines. These feed in the upper part of the water column in the middle of the day and near the bottom in the early morning and ...
The squarenose unicornfish was first formally described in 2002 by the Australian ichthyologist Jeffrey W. Johnson of the Queensland Museum with its type locality given as Flat Rock off Stradbroke Island in Queensland. [2] This species is classified within the nominate subgenus of the genus Naso. [3]
Naso caesius, the grey unicornfish or silverblotched unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region.