Spotted Unicornfish
Naso brevirostris
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Naso
Where to Find
Found in 50 diving areas across 29 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 20 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 20 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 16 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 36 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 87 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 9 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 5 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 14 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 3 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 20 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 16 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 18 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 28 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 49 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 9 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 25 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 13 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 239 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 6 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 79 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 30 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 10 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 31 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 12 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 12 records