Naso elegans

Naso elegans is a tropical fish found in coral reefs in the Indian Ocean.[2] It is commonly known as the elegant unicornfish, Indian orange-spine unicorn, orange-spine unicorn, and smoothheaded unicornfish.[3]

Naso elegans

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Naso
Species:
N. elegans
Binomial name
Naso elegans
Synonyms

Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829

References

  1. Reisen in Nubien, Kordofan und dem peträischen Arabien: vorzüglich in geographische-statistischer Hinsicht. E Rüppell, 1829
  2. Naso elegans at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Naso elegans at www.fishbase.org.


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