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Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Acanthuridae
genus
Naso
species
Naso brachycentron

Name

Synonyms
Naseus brachycentron Valenciennes, 1835
Naso branchycentron (Valenciennes, 1835)
Naso rigoletto Smith, 1951
Prionolepis hewitti Smith, 1931
Homonyms
Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835)
Common names
Bagis in language.
Bakwak in language.
Boggel-eenhoringvis in Afrikaans
Buckel-Nasendoktor in German
Damasi ni tubalevu in Fijian
Dangit in language.
Dengkis in Malay
Humpback Unicorn in English
Humpback unicornfish in English
Indangan in language.
Isdang ilong in Tagalog
Kalditan in language.
Kavaga in language.
Komban-karukkan in language.
Labahita in Tagalog
Ludlo-an in language.
Mungit in language.
Nason Bossu in French
Nason à bosse in French
Nason à bosse, Nason bossu in French
Oni-tenguhagi in Japanese
Onitenguhagi in Japanese
Peix unicorn geperut in Catalan–Valencian
Peixe-unicórnio-corcunda in Portuguese
Pesce unicorno dalla gobba in Italian
Pez Unicornio Jorobado in Spanish
Puju in Swahili
Pukkelrygget Næsehornsfisk in language.
Pulang ikog in language.
Ringtailed Unicornfish in English
Rufia Concurda in Portuguese
Salinkupau in language.
Silanis in language.
Sorahan in language.
Surahan in Tagalog
Suyahan in language.
Tatifi in language.
Tudluan in Tagalog
Ume tuapuu in Tahitian
Uwakon in language.
Yapot in Tagalog
bodlok hrbatý in Czech
humpback unicornfish in English
humpback unicornfish in English
ta masimasi in Fijian
ume tuahipa in language.
ume tuahipa in language.
ume tuapu'u in Tahitian
ume tuapu'u in Tahitian
オニテングハギ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Randall, John E., 2002: null. Surgeonfishes of the World. 123.
  5. Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98.
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