WoRMS taxon details
Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835)
219664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219664)
accepted
Species
Naseus brachycentron Valenciennes, 1835 · unaccepted
Naso branchycentron (Valenciennes, 1835) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Naso rigoletto Smith, 1951 · unaccepted
Prionolepis hewitti Smith, 1931 · unaccepted
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 2025-04-27
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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]
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]
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]
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] 
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
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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
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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]
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
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
