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because of the "rostral protuberance", a hornlike extension of the forehead present in some species. Unicorn fish are popular with spearfishermen and may be cooked by grilling them whole. Unicornfish primarily live around coral reefs and eat mostly algae. It is very popular in
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unicornfishes have a pointed snout and a rhomboidal or oval shaped body, with some species possessing a long protuberance on the forehead, typically present in both males and females. The
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1420:"Order Acanthuriformes (part 2): Families Ephippidae, Leiognathidae, Scatophagidae, Antigoniidae, Siganidae, Caproidae, Luvaridae, Zanclidae and Acanthuridae"
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is divided into two subgenera and 20 species are classified within it:
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means "nose" referring to the fleshy protuberance on the forehead of
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having a pair on each side of the peduncle while the subgenus
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of 100 cm (39 in) in the whitemargin unicornfish (
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John E. Randall (1994). "Unicornfishes of the
Subgenus
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Borden, W. C. (1998). "Phylogeny of the unicornfishes (
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J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016).
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of 30 cm (12 in) in the slender unicorn (
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1424:The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database
1123:"A compendium of fossil marine animal genera"
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1230:"Unicorn Fish the weird but delicious fish"
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1491:Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean
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1778:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
1394:(5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 497–502.
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406:was first proposed as a genus in 1801 by
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1197:(Nasinae), "unicornfishes" from Guam"
383:This genus is distributed across the
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1252:"Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes/Tangs)"
1161:"Genera in the family Acanthuridae"
1484:(2022). "Family Acanthuridae". In
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830:. The species in the genus
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643:(squarenose unicornfish)
1121:Sepkoski, Jack (2002).
931:Short-nosed unicornfish
897:Whitemargin unicornfish
715:(bluespine unicornfish)
614:(elongated unicornfish)
570:(horseface unicornfish)
193:Acanthurus fronticornis
60:Short-nosed unicornfish
1313:"Species in the genus
777:(oneknife unicornfish)
700:(humpnose unicornfish)
686:(bulbnose unicornfish)
511:(humpback unicornfish)
417:as a new species from
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1309:Eschmeyer, William N.
1157:Eschmeyer, William N.
1097:Bignose unicornfish,
1080:Bluespine unicornfish
726:(bignose unicornfish)
629:(spotted unicornfish)
556:(elegant unicornfish)
526:(spotted unicornfish)
448:Nasinae, proposed by
345:J. L. B. Smith, 1957
337:J. L. B. Smith, 1931
724:(Valenciennes, 1835)
684:(Valenciennes, 1835)
623:J. E. Randall &
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1391:Fishes of the World
1191:Dayton, C. (2001).
652:J. E. Randall, 2001
585:(sleek unicornfish)
423:Chaetodon unicornis
1773:Marine fish genera
1486:Phillip C Heemstra
1453:"Species in genus
916:Naso brachycentron
742:Naso caeruleacauda
541:(gray unicornfish)
501:Naso brachycentron
454:Barton Appler Bean
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1694:Open Tree of Life
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1504:978-1-990951-32-9
1401:978-1-118-34233-6
1322:Catalog of Fishes
1166:Catalog of Fishes
981:Sleek unicornfish
935:Naso brevirostris
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816:dorsal fins
736:Cuvier 1829
672:C. W. Chang
659:Naso tergus
605:Naso lopezi
561:Naso fageni
443:monogeneric
334:Prionolepis
256:Cyphomycter
144:Subfamily:
1752:Categories
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1108:References
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756:Naso minor
668:K. N. Shen
625:Struhsaker
363:of marine
301:Rafinesque
226:Atulonotus
44:to present
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148:Nasinae
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1608:Naso
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1532:1994
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1499:ISBN
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