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Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835)

To FishBase images (<i>Naso brachycentron</i>, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Naso brachycentron, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)

219664  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219664)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Acanthuriformes (Order)
  11. Acanthuridae (Family)
  12. Naso (Genus)
  13. Naso brachycentron (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Naseus brachycentron Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details] 
Description Rare in Micronesia and probably occurs along steep outer reef slopes.  
Description Rare in Micronesia and probably occurs along steep outer reef slopes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219664 on 2025-06-04
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Naso rigoletto Smith, 1951) Smith, J. L. B. (1951). Sexual dimorphism in the genus Naso Lacepede, 1802, with a description of a new species, and new records. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 12) v. 4 (no. 47) (art. 105): 1126-1132. [details] 

original description (of Naseus brachycentron Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details] 

original description (of Prionolepis hewitti Smith, 1931) Smith, J. L. B. (1931). New and little known fish from the south and east coasts of Africa. <em>Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown.</em> v. 4 (pt 1): 145-160, Pl. 16. [details] 

basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

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] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Rare in Micronesia and probably occurs along steep outer reef slopes. [details]
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LanguageName 
English humpback unicornfish  [details]
Japanese オニテングハギ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Naso rigoletto Smith, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prionolepis hewitti Smith, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Naseus brachycentron Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naso brachycentron) 
To FishBase (from synonym Naso branchycentron (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase (from synonym Naseus brachycentron Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionolepis hewitti Smith, 1931)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Naso rigoletto Smith, 1951)
To FishBase images (Naso brachycentron, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.) 
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 10 proteins) 
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Naseus brachycentron Valenciennes, 1835)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso brachycentron FIN026086 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso brachycentron USNM 423558 photograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Naso brachycentron</i>, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Naso brachycentron, Maldives, by Randall, J.E.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso brachycentron FIN026086 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso brachycentron FIN026086 Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso brachycentron USNM 423558 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso brachycentron USNM 423558 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally
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