Horseface Unicornfish, Naso fageni Morrow 1954
Other Names: Blunt Unicornfish, Horseface Unicorn, Horse-face Unicorn
A Horseface Unicornfish, Naso fageni, on Ningaloo Reef, North West Cape, Western Australia, November 2018. Source: Alex Hoschke / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A pale grey to greyish-brown surgeonfish becoming paler below, with a short rounded protuberance on the snout above the upper lip (absent in juveniles), two immovable bony plates on either side of the caudal peduncle. Adults have small dusky spots on the body and juveniles have a white band around the caudal peduncle between the caudal plates.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Naso fageni in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1040
Horseface Unicornfish, Naso fageni Morrow 1954
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Distribution |
Houtman Abrolhos to NE of the Monte Bello Islands, and possibly Rowley Shoals, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species is widespread but uncommon in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific, from East Africa to central Japan, south to the Philippines and Flores, Indonesia. Inhabits coral and rocky reefs, often deeper outer reef slopes. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin V, 24-26; Anal fin II, 23-25. Body ovate, compressed; snout with a short bony protuberance above upper lip in large individuals; two immovable bony plates on either side of the caudal peduncle; caudal fin strongly concave with filamentous outer rays in large individuals. |
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Fisheries |
Occasionally taken as bycatch in commercial trawls. |
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Species Citation |
Naso fageni Morrow, 1954, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 7(83): 799. Type locality: Bugsuk Island, Philippines. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Horseface Unicornfish, Naso fageni Morrow 1954
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