Naso (fish)
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 popular with spearfishermen[3] and may be cooked by grilling them whole.[4] Unicornfish primarily live around coral reefs and eat mostly algae as well as roshi (flour) in Maldives.[5] It's very popular in Maldives.
| Naso | |
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| Short-nosed unicornfish, N. brevirostris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Naso Lacépède, 1801 |
| Species | |
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This genus is distributed across the Indo-Pacific from Africa to Hawaii.[6]
Species
The 20 currently recognized species in this genus are:[7]
- 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
Orangespine unicornfish, Naso lituratus
Bignose unicornfish, Naso vlamingii
Bluespine unicornfish, Naso unicornis
Whitemargin unicornfish, Naso annulatus
References
- 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.
- Fishing at the tip of the spear in Guam
- [https://delishably.com/meat-dishes/Unicorn-Fish-The-Weird-But-Delicious-Fish Unicorn Fish the weird but delicious fish
- Reef App encyclopaedia for marine animals
- Borden, W. C. (1998). Phylogeny of the unicornfishes (Naso, Acanthuridae) based on soft anatomy. Copeia 1998(1) 104-13.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Naso in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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