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| Kinds | - Naso annulatus, Ringtail Unicornfish
- Naso brachycentron, Humpback Unicornfish
- Naso brevirostris, Spotted Unicornfish
- Naso caeruleacauda, Blue Unicornfish
- Naso caesius, Silverblotched Unicornfish
- Naso elegans, Elegant Unicornfish
- Naso fageni, Horseface Unicornfish
- Naso hexacanthus, Sleek Unicornfish
- Naso lituratus, Clown Unicornfish
- Naso lopezi, Slender Unicornfish
- Naso maculatus, Scribbled Unicornfish
- Naso mcdadei, Squarenose Unicornfish
- Naso minor, Blackspine Unicornfish
- Naso reticulatus, Reticulate Unicornfish
- Naso thorpei, Thorpe' s Unicornfish
- Naso thynnoides, Onespine Unicornfish
- Naso tonganus, Humpnose Unicornfish
- Naso tuberosus, Humphead Unicornfish
- Naso unicornis, Bluespine Unicornfish
- Naso vlamingii, Bignose Unicornfish
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Overview |
Main identification features
- elongate, ovoid, compressed
- tail base: 2 cutting keels
- forehead +/- large horn
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UNICORNFISHES
Body elongate, oval; adults often with horn on front of head; 1-2 pairs of cutting keels on plates on narrow tail base; pelvics I, 3; 2 anal spines; IV-VII dorsal fin spines; teeth small, conical, tips slightly depressed & either smooth or with multiple small points.
An Indo-Pacific genus with 16 species; 5 Indo-Pacific species have been reported in our region, apparently all as vagrants.
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References |
- Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843.
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- Cuvier , G. and Valenciennes, A., 1833., Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes., Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, 9:1-512.
- Cuvier , G. and Valenciennes, A., 1835., Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines., Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, 10:1-482.
- Cuvier, G., 1829., Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2., Règne Animal (ed. 2), 2:1-532.
- McCosker , J.E. and Humann, P.H., 1996., New records of Galápagos fishes., Charles Darwin Foundation, Noticias de Galápagos., 56:18-26.
- Osburn , R. C. and Nichols, J. T., 1916., Shore Fishes Collected by the 'Albatross' Expedition in Lower California with Descriptions of New Species., Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35:139-181.
- Quoy , J. R. C. and Gaimard, J. P., 1824., Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M. "L'Uranie" et "La Physicienne," pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris., Voyage Uranie, Zool., :1-328.
- Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131.
- Smith , M. M. and Heemstra, P., 1986., Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa. 1047 pp., Macmillan South Africa:1047pp.
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