African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Naso Lacepède, 1801

AphiaID

205230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205230)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Axinurus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)

Callicanthus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cyphomycter Fowler & Bean, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)

Naseus Commerson in Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)

Rhinodactylus Smith, 1957 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (18)

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Species Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Species Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835)
Species Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Naso elegans (Rüppell, 1829)
Species Naso fageni Morrow, 1954
Species Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)
Species Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801)
Species Naso mcdadei Johnson, 2002
Species Naso minor (Smith, 1966)
Species Naso thynnoides (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Species Naso tuberosus Lacepède, 1801
Species Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835)
Species Naso rigoletto Smith, 1951 accepted as Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835)
Species Naso tapeinosoma accepted as Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) (Junior synonym)
Species Naso thorpei Smith, 1966 accepted as Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)
Species Naso francolina (uncertain, Only in McClanahan 1994. Lapsus calami for Naso fageni or Naso hexacanthus.)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Naso Lacepède, 1801. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205230 on 2025-06-01

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Naso Lacepède, 1801. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205230 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-03-08 15:41:42Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]

original description (of Axinurus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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