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Naso (fish)
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| Bluespine unicornfish (N. unicornis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Subfamily: | Nasinae Fowler & Bean, 1929 |
| Genus: | Naso Lacépède, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthurus fronticornis Lacepède, 1801
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Naso is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family, Acanthuridae, the unicornfishes, surgeonfishes and tangs. The fishes in this genus are known commonly as unicornfishes because of the "rostral protuberance", a hornlike extension of the forehead present in some species.[3]
Unicorn fish are popular with spearfishermen[4] and may be cooked by grilling them whole.[5] Unicornfish primarily live around coral reefs and eat mostly algae.[6]
This genus is distributed across the Indo-Pacific from Africa to Hawaii.[7]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acanthuridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Dayton, C. (2001). "Genetic evolution among selected members of the genus Naso (Nasinae), "unicornfishes" from Guam". Marine Biology. 139 (4): 771–76. Bibcode:2001MarBi.139..771D. doi:10.1007/s002270100628.
- ^ "Fishing at the tip of the spear in Guam". Archived from the original on 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ^ "Unicorn Fish the weird but delicious fish". The Arena Media Brands, LLC. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes/Tangs)". Reef App encyclopaedia for marine animals. Kasper Hareskov Tygesen. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Borden, W. C. (1998). "Phylogeny of the unicornfishes (Naso, Acanthuridae) based on soft anatomy". Copeia. 1998 (1): 104–113. doi:10.2307/1447705. JSTOR 1447705.
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