Paletail Unicornfish
Naso brevirostris
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,303
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇻 Maldives
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Naso brevirostris, also known as the short-nosed unicornfish, spotted unicornfish, brown unicornfish, lined unicornfish, longnose surgeonfish, palefin unicornfish, paletail unicornfish, shorthorned unicornfish or shortsnouted unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It occurs in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Naso brevirostris”.