Naso (genus)
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| Naso Temporal range: Eocene to present[1] |
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| Short-nosed unicornfish, N. brevirostris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Naso Lacépède, 1801 |
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Naso is a genus of fish in the surgeonfish family, Acanthuridae. Fish of this genus are known commonly as unicornfishes because of the "rostral protuberance", a hornlike extension of the forehead present in some species.[2] Unicorn fish are very popular with spearfishermen in Hawaii and often cook them by grilling them whole. Unicornfish primarily live around coral reefs and eat mostly algae.
This genus is distributed across the Indo-Pacific from Africa to Hawaii.[3]
Species[edit]
The 20 currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]
- Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) – whitemargin unicornfish
- Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835) – humpback unicornfish
- Naso brevirostris (G. Cuvier, 1829) – short-nosed unicornfish, spotted unicornfish
- Naso caeruleacauda J. E. Randall, 1994 – bluetail unicornfish, blue unicorn
- Naso caesius J. E. Randall & Bell, 1992 – gray unicornfish
- Naso elegans (Rüppell, 1829) – elegant unicornfish, orange-spine unicorn
- Naso fageni Morrow, 1954 – horseface unicornfish
- Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) – sleek unicornfish, blacktongue unicorn
- Naso lituratus (J. R. Forster, 1801) – orangespine unicornfish
- Naso lopezi Herre, 1927 – elongated unicornfish
- Naso maculatus J. E. Randall & Struhsaker, 1981 – spotted unicornfish
- Naso mcdadei J. W. Johnson, 2002 – squarenose unicornfish
- Naso minor (J. L. B. Smith, 1966) – slender unicorn
- Naso reticulatus J. E. Randall, 2001 – reticulated unicornfish
- Naso tergus H. C. Ho, K. N. Shen & C. W. Chang, 2011
- Naso thynnoides (G. Cuvier, 1829) – oneknife unicornfish
- Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) – bulbnose unicornfish
- Naso tuberosus Lacépède, 1801 – humpnose unicornfish
- Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) – bluespine unicornfish
- Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835) – bignose unicornfish
Gallery[edit]
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Orangespine unicornfish, Naso lituratus
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Bignose unicornfish, Naso vlamingii
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Bluespine unicornfish, Naso unicornis
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Whitemargin unicornfish, Naso annulatus
References[edit]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ Dayton, C. (2001). Genetic evolution among selected members of the genus Naso (Nasinae), "unicornfishes" from Guam. Marine Biology 139(4), 771-76.
- ^ Borden, W. C. (1998). Phylogeny of the unicornfishes (Naso, Acanthuridae) based on soft anatomy. Copeia 1998(1) 104-13.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Naso in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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