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Naso brachycentron ?IDPreston95

Humpback Unicornfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Humpback Unicornfish, Hunchback Unicornfish; German Buckel-Nasendoktor; French Nason à Épines Courtes, Nason Bossu

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Marquesas; n. to s.Japan; s. to New Caledonia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group. (PL) PLUS: Listed PL, no evidence provided (Anon88); Marine, near-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Injurous spines - moderate

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
						P?

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Naso brachycentron ?IDPreston95 (Valenciennes, 1835)
SYNONYMS: Naseus brachycentron [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Acanthuroidei; ACANTHURIDAE, Nasinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Palmerston: Listed as Naso brachycentron? (Preston95).

References:
text p.249 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.430 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.591 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 128-08 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 93-04 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. p483 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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