Bluespine unicornfish
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| Bluespine unicornfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Naso |
| Species: | N. unicornis |
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| Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) |
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The bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis) or short-nose unicornfish is a tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 70 cm in length. It is called kala in Hawaiian, and dawa in New Caledonia.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Naso unicornis" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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