Spotted unicornfish

The Spotted unicornfish can be easily found in the coral reef area around Green Island, TAIWAN

Spotted unicornfish
At the Toledo Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Acanthuridae
Genus:	Naso
Species:	N. brevirostris
Binomial name
Naso brevirostris Cuvier, 1829

The spotted unicornfish (Naso brevirostris^[1]) is a type of Unicornfish in the family Acanthuridae found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.^[2][3]. Another species, Naso maculatus also may be called the spotted unicornfish.

References

1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Naso brevirostris" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
2. ^ "Spotted unicornfish - Aquarium Community". http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/marinefish/spottedunicornfish.php. 
3. ^ "Spotted Unicornfish - fish.gov.au". http://www.fish.gov.au/fishnames/fishnames.php?pid=4241. 

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