species: Naso tonganus in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Naso tonganus


©Lyle: Humpnose Unicornfish being cleaned by Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse at Cod Hole

©Anne: Humpnose Unicornfish at No Name Reef near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Acanthuridae
Genus Naso
Species Naso tonganus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 60 cm (Standard Length) - applies to Males

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It is found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. (Wikipedia)

Diet

Feeds on leafy or fleshy algae and zooplankton. (Fishbase)

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References

  • Choat, J.H., K.D. Clements and W.D. Robbins (2004). The trophic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs 2: Food processing modes and trophodynamics, Marine Biology, 145: 445-454. LIRS catalog number 1202.
  • Crossman, D.J., J.H. Choat and K.D. Clements (2005). Nutritional ecology of nominally herbivorous fishes on coral reefs, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 296: 129-142. LIRS catalog number 945.
  • Grim, N.J. (2006). Food vacuole contents in the ciliate, Balantidium jocularum (Balantididae), a symbiont in the intestine of the surgeonfish, Naso tonganus (Acanthuridae), Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 53: 269-274. LIRS catalog number 1089.
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