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Orangespine unicornfish
Naso lituratus
Distribution: Indian Ocean, South Pacific and Red Sea. Habitat: They frequent coral reefs, rocky reefs, lagoon coral heads, etc.. This habitat is, however, more marked on the exposed edges of the reef into deep water. Description: This fish belongs to the family of surgeon fish, it has two orange scaly spines on each side of the tail, or his name, but not erectile scalpels. Food: mainly brown algae laminated (Sargassum and Dictyota). |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Perciformes | Sub order: | Acanthuroidei | Family: | acanthuridae | |
| Genus: | Naso | Species: | lituratus | Descriptor: | Forster, 1801 |  |