Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Sleek Unicornfish
Naso hexacanthus
Sleek Unicornfish
Category: Unicornfishes
Scientific Name: Naso hexacanthus
Size: Up to 30 in. (75 cm)  
Depth: 40-350 ft. (12-107 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Hawaii, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Acanthuridae (Family) Surgeonfishes
      └Naso (Genus) Unicornfishes
       └N. hexacanthus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219667🔗
iNaturalist ID: 121458🔗

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