Barred Unicornfish
Naso thynnoides
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 23 diving areas across 18 countries and 4 regions.
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 7 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 22 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 3 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 60 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 60 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 50 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 7 records