Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Orangespine Unicornfish
Orangespine Unicornfish
Scientific Name: Naso lituratus
Family: Acanthuridae
Category: Surgeonfishes
Size: Up to 12 in. (to 30 cm)  
Depth: 3-230 ft. (1-70 m)
Distribution: Hawaii, Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Note: Once tought to be the same species as the Elegant Unicornfish,Naso elegans which is found in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Disk & Large Oval
Surgeonfishes

Orangespine Unicornfish

Bluespine Unicornfish

Yellow Tang

Pacific Sailfin Tang

Achilles Tang

Ringtail Surgeonfish

Eyestripe Surgeonfish

Whitebar Surgeonfish

Whitecheek Surgeonfish

Brown Surgeonfish

Blue-Lined Surgeonfish

Orangeband Surgeonfish

Convict Tang

Yellowfin Surgeonfish

Hawaiian Bristletooth

Goldring Surgeonfish

Paletail Unicornfish

Paletail Unicornfish (Young Adult)

Sleek Unicornfish



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