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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyAcanthuridae
  5. ›genusNaso
Naso fageni
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Horseface unicornfish

Naso fageni Morrow, 1954

Also calledIsdang ilong (tgl) · Moai-tenguhagi (jpn) · Moaitenguhagi (jpn) · Peix unicorn cara de cavall (cat) · Peixe-unicórnio-cara-de-cavalo (por) · Perdgesig-eenhoringvis (afr) · Pesce unicorno faccia di cavallo (ita) · Pesce unicorno muso di cavallo (ita) · Pesce unicorno smussato (ita) · Pez Unicornio Cara de Caballo (spa) · Rufia cara-de-cavalo (por) · bodlok Fagenův (ces) · モアイテングハギ (jpn) · Stumpnæset Næsehornsfisk (dan)

First described in: Morrow, J. E., Jr. (1954). Fishes from East Africa, with new records and descriptions of two new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 7 (83) (art. 98): 797-820, Pls. 24-25. [Date of publication from Evenhuis 2003:53 [ref. 27365].].

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209110.