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Bluetail Unicornfish

Naso caeruleacauda

Classification

The bluetail unicornfish (Naso caeruleacauda), also known as the blue 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 western central Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy The bluetail unicornfish was first formally described in 1994 by the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall with its type locality given as Dumaguete on Negros in the Philippines.

Distribution

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