Paletail Unicornfish

Naso brevirostris, also known as the short-nosed unicornfish, spotted unicornfish, brown unicornfish, lined unicornfish, longnose surgeonfish, palefin unicornfish, paletail unicornfish, shorthorned unicornfish or shortsnouted unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It occurs in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Paletail Unicornfish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Naso annulatus
• Naso hexacanthus
• Naso brachycentron
• Naso vlamingii
• Naso unicornis
• Naso caesius

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Acanthuriformes

Family

Acanthuridae

Genus

Naso

Species

Naso brevirostris

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