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Humpback Unicornfish

Naso brachycentron

Classification

Naso brachycentron, the humpback unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy Naso brachycentron was first formally described as Naseus brachycentron by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with its type locality given as Waigeo in Indonesia.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 34United States of America · 4