Naso hexacanthus

(Bleeker, 1855)

Sleek Unicornfish

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaiian, Ducie and Marquesan Islands, north to Southern Japan, and south to Lord Howe Island.

Size: 30 inches (75 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits lagoons and seaward reef slopes and usually found at depths between 30 - 400 feet (10 - 120 m) where it feeds mainly on zooplankton and somewhat on filamentous red algae found in local areas.

General Husbandry: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Acanthuroidei

Family: Acanthuridae

Genus: Naso

FYI: Shown here for identification only.