Big-nose Unicorn
Naso vlamingii
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 33 diving areas across 21 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 35 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 10 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 11 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 16 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 13 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 5 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 27 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 19 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 12 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 39 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 49 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 5 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 90 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 7 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 25 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 23 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 12 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 18 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 17 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 17 records