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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.
Naso vomer (Klunzinger, 1871) Naso thorpei J. L. B. Smith , 1966 The sleek unicornfish ( Naso hexacanthus ), also known as the blue-tail unicorn , Thorpe's unicornfish , blacktongue unicornfish or ʻopelu kala , 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 ...
The reticulate unicornfishes (Naso reticulatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It is a rare species found on coral reefs in the Indo-West Pacific region.
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 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 minor was first formally described in 1966 by the South African ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith with its type locality given as Pinda Reef in Mozambique. [3] This species is classified in the subgenus Axinurus within the genus Naso. [4] The genus Naso is the only genus in the subfamily Nasinae in the family Acanthuridae. [5]
Naso tuberosus has a dorsal fin which is supported by 5 spines and between 26 and 29 soft rays while the anal fin is supported by 2 spines and 26 to 28 soft rays. [5] There are between 30 and 46 teeth in each jaw. the number increasing as the fish grows, and these have serrated tips.