CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Acanthuridae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 437047 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 437 Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Humpnose Unicornfish
Organism Type:	a surgeonfish
Synonyms:	Naso tuberosus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 437903 Naso spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 3 to 20 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Two Australian species, N. mcdadei and N. tonganus, have been confused under the name N. tuberosus in Australia (see Johnson, 2002).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:cf0ea65d-c3f3-4d9c-a90c-2558522046d9 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278010 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-03-16 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report