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

Humpnose unicornfish

Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Also calledIsdang ilong (tgl) · Nason Loupe (fra) · Nason loupe, Petit barbillon, Picot à deux couteaux (fra) · Peix unicorn de Valenciennes (cat) · Peixe-unicórnio-de-nariz-inchado (por) · Pesce unicorno fronte gobba (ita) · Petit Barbillon (fra) · Pez Unicornio de Nariz Jorobada (spa) · Picot à Deux Couteaux (fra) · Tosakahagi (jpn) · トサカハギ (jpn) · 剝皮仔 (zho) · 打鐵婆 (zho) · 球吻鼻魚 (zho)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Found in seaward reefs, 3 – 20 m depth. Marine.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

materials_examined

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Nusalomon Island, Kavieng District, 1 – 24 m depth, St. T 1, on 30 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5209116.