Humpnose Unicornfish (species: Naso tonganus) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Naso tonganus
Humpnose Unicornfish


©Lyle Vail: Humpnose Unicornfish being cleaned by Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse at Cod Hole

©Andy Lewis: Naso tonganus at Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Humpnose Unicornfish at No Name Reef near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Acanthuridae
Genus Naso
Species Naso tonganus

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  • Size data has not been obtained.

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  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Outer reefs near Lizard Island: Common

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References

  • Bray, R., A. Waeschenbach, T.H. Cribb, G.D. Weedall, P. Dyal and D.T.J. Littlewood (2009). The phylogeny of the Lepocreadioidea (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes: implications for their systematics and evolution, Acta Parasitologica, 54: 310-329. LIRS catalog number 1280.
  • Choat, J.H., K.D. Clements and W.D. Robbins (2004). The trophic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs 2: Food processing modes and trophodynamics, Marine Biology, 145: 445-454. LIRS catalog number 1202.
  • Clements, K.D., D.P. German, J. Piche, A. Tribollet and J.H. Choat (2016). Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016. LIRS catalog number 2056.
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