Norfolk Island country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Record is based on sightings made at 1-5 m depth in Kingston Lagoon (photgraphed by M.P. Francis). Also Ref. 8879, 37792.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nf.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Francis, M.P., 1991
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Common names from other countries

Banded unicornfish, Whitemargin, Unicornfish, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Nasinae
Etymology: Naso: Latin, nasus = nose (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 60 m (Ref. 27115), usually 25 - 60 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 35°N - 31°S, 30°E - 128°W

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: East Africa, including the Mascarene Islands (Ref. 37792) to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2334)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 5; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 28 - 29; Espinhos anais: 2; Raios anais moles: 27 - 28. Plain brown or olivaceous in color, paler below; subadults with black caudal rays, narrow margins and white caudal filaments; pectoral fins with white distal margins (Ref. 3145).

Juveniles occur in clear, shallow lagoon reefs at depths as little as 1 m; adults rarely seen in less than 25 m, encountered off outer reef drop-offs in small schools (Ref. 30573, 48637). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on large zooplankton during the day and shelter within the reef during the night; also benthic algae (Ref. 30573, 48637).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Spawn in pairs (Ref. 240).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Randall, John E. | Colaboradores

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)