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Singlespine Unicornfish

Naso thynnoides

Classification

Naso thynnoides, the oneknife unicornfish, oneknife unicorn, thunny unicornfish, singlespine unicornfish, one-spine unicorn, or barred 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 Indo-Pacific. Taxonomy Naso thynnoides was first formally described in 1829 as Axinurus thynnoides by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with its type locality given as Dorey Harbour in Papua New Guinea.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 30