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Created 8/6/2019

Family Acanthuridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Naso tonganus

 

German Channel, Palau, 15 feet

HUMPNOSE UNICORNFISH

Uncommon along reefs exposed to current where it feeds upon zooplankton.  Hornless with bulbous forehead and dorsal hump, black trailing edge on caudal fin.  Attains 24 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa, Micronesia, and Samoa.