Naso brevirostris

Naso brevirostris
Naso brevirostris at the French Polynesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Naso
Subgenus: Naso
Species:
N. brevirostris
Binomial name
Naso brevirostris
(G. Cuvier, 1829)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyphomycter coryphaenoides J. L. B. Smith, 1955
  • Naseus brevirostris Cuvier, 1829
  • Naseus brevirostris Valenciennes, 1835
  • Naso brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835)

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. It occurs in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

  1. ^ Abesamis, R.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; et al. (2012). "Naso brevirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T177990A1513480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T177990A1513480.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Naso brevirostris". FishBase. February 2023 version.