WoRMS taxon details
Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
219668 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219668)
accepted
Species
Acanthurus unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Naso unicornus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 63, xiii [details]
page(s): 63, xiii [details]
Description Inhabits channels, moats, and seaward reefs with strong surge. A wary species, typically occurring in small groups, in very...
Description Inhabits channels, moats, and seaward reefs with strong surge. A wary species, typically occurring in small groups, in very shallow surgy water. Mainly diurnal, it feeds on coarse leafy brown algae like @Sargassum@. Pair-spawning has been observed. Rarely poisonous around Tahiti but few cases of poisoning have been reported from the Leeward Is. and the Marquesas islands (Ref. 4795). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219668 on 2025-03-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 63, xiii [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 63, xiii [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits channels, moats, and seaward reefs with strong surge. A wary species, typically occurring in small groups, in very shallow surgy water. Mainly diurnal, it feeds on coarse leafy brown algae like @Sargassum@. Pair-spawning has been observed. Rarely poisonous around Tahiti but few cases of poisoning have been reported from the Leeward Is. and the Marquesas islands (Ref. 4795). [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Long-snouted unicornfishLong-snouted nosefishBlue-spine unicornfishbluespine unicornfishBlue-spine nosefish | [details] |
| Japanese | テングハギ | [details] |
| Russian | Рыба-единорогоднорогая рыба носорог | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (54 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus unicornis (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naso unicornis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus unicornis (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase images (Naso unicornis, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (216 nucleotides; 76 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (216 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso unicornis USNM 403368 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso unicornis USNM 435580 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Acanthurus unicornis (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naso unicornis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthurus unicornis (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase images (Naso unicornis, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (216 nucleotides; 76 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (216 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso unicornis USNM 403368 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Naso unicornis USNM 435580 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
