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Naso Lacepède, 1801

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Acanthuridae
genus
Naso

Name

Synonyms
Atulonotus Smith, 1955
Axinurus Cuvier, 1829
Callicanthus Swainson, 1839
Ceris Agassiz, 1846
Cyphomycter Fowler & Bean, 1929
Keris Valenciennes, 1835
Monoceros Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Naseus Commerson, 1801
Nasonus Rafinesque, 1815
Priodon Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Priodontichthys Agassiz, 1846
Priodontichthys Bonaparte, 1831
Priodontichtys Bonaparte, 1831
Prionolepis Smith, 1931
Prodiodon
Rhinodactylus Smith, 1957
Homonyms
Naso Fitch, 1856
Naso Lacepède, 1801
Common names
Nosefishes in English
Peixes-unicórnio in Portuguese
Pesci unicorno in Italian
nosefishes in English
nosefishes in English
strongskin in Bislama
unicornfishes in English
unicornfishes in English
Настоящие носачи in Russian
ปลายูนิคอร์น in Thai
テングハギ属 in Japanese
鼻魚屬 in Chinese
テングハギ属 in Japanese
テングハギ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  7. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  8. H. N. Poiss., 3
  9. Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
  10. Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
  11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  12. Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer)
  13. Randall, John E., 2002: null. Surgeonfishes of the World. 123.
  14. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  15. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560.
  16. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  18. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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