Humphead Unicornfish
Naso unicornis
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 55 diving areas across 30 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 23 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 23 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 178 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 222 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 84 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 156 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 160 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 9 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 10 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 45 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 17 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 31 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 19 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 179 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 20 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 44 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 28 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 52 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 10 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 98 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 6 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 187 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 77 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 85 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 5 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 14 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 17 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 23 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 8 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 71 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 9 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 161 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 6 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 23 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 18 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 31 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 17 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 8 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 6 records