Humpback unicornfish

Humpback unicornfish (Naso brachycentron), from Maldives

Humpback unicornfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Acanthuridae
Genus:	Naso
Species:	N. brachycentron
Binomial name
Naso brachycentron Valenciennes, 1835

The humpback unicornfish (Naso brachycentron) is a species of Unicornfish commonly found in tropical reefs, so named because of its distinctive humped back.^[1][2] The habitat of the Humpback unicornfish includes most of the coastline of the Indonesian islands and some areas off the coast of Africa.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Humpback unicornfish - FishBase". http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6020. 
2. ^ "Humpback unicornfish - Fish.gov.au". http://www.fish.gov.au/fishnames/fishnames.php?pid=4240. 
3. ^ "Fish population distribution maps from AquaMaps". http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/tools/aquamaps. 

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