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Sleek Unicornfish

Naso hexacanthus

Also known as: Blacktongue Unicorn, Blacktongue Unicornfish, Bluetail Unicornfish, Doctorfish, Lancetfish, Nohorn Unicorn, Sleek Unicorn, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish, Thorpe's Unicornfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2012
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · May 20081 / 1

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles have a slightly notched tail, which becomes straight-edged in adults.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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RANGE
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Juvenile photos 1

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    ALL STAGES
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcanthuriformes
    5. familyAcanthuridae
    6. genusNaso
    7. speciesNaso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)

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