Bluespine unicornfish

Bluespine unicornfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Acanthuridae
Genus:	Naso
Species:	N. unicornis
Binomial name
Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)

A pair of bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis) found in shallow water coral reef area of Green Island, a coral reef ecosystem reserve in Taiwan

The bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis) or short-nose unicornfish is a tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 70 cm in length. It is called kala in Hawaiian, and dawa in New Caledonia.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Naso unicornis" in FishBase. December 2008 version.

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