Sleek Unicornfish

Naso hexacanthus

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 40 diving areas across 26 countries and 6 regions.

Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
Rowley Shoals, Australia - 5 records
Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 8 records
Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 455 records
Yap, Micronesia - 34 records
Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 13 records
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 8 records
Upolu, Samoa - 114 records
Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 21 records
Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 54 records
Tongatapu, Tonga - 6 records
Vava'u Group, Tonga - 15 records
Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
Grande Comore, Comoros - 4 records
Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 137 records
Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 7 records
Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 7 records
Inner Islands, Seychelles - 33 records
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 6 records
Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
Bohol, Philippines - 59 records
Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
Dumaguete, Philippines - 56 records
Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 42 records
Visayas, Philippines - 51 records
Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 37 records
Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 45 records