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Whitemargin Unicornfish

Naso annulatus

Classification

The whitemargin unicornfish (Naso annulatus), also known as the ringtailed unicornfish or short-horned unicorn-fish, is a tropical fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It can reach a length of 100 cm, making it one of the largest members of the family Acanthuridae. Taxonomy The whitemargin unicornfish was first formally described in 1825 as Priodon annulatus by the French naturalists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard with its type locality given as Timor Island.

Distribution

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