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Naso elegans

Fish

Naso elegans, known as the elegant unicornfish or blonde naso tang among other names, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Naso elegans 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 5
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Perciformes, Taxa
Source Naso elegans (Wikidata)

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Naso elegans (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Coral Reef Systems, Ecosystems
Source FishBase: Naso elegans (FishBase)
Sources
1. FishBase: Naso elegans (FishBase)
FishBase
  • Human uses
    Fisheries: commercial
  • Biology: feeding
    Feeds on benthic algae
  • In Ecosystem: Coral Reef Systems, Biology
    Inhabits coastal and sheltered reef flats in small groups and schools in oceanic locations (Ref. 48637 ).
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Naso elegans (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q83720 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Perciformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Perciformes
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Actinopteri","order":"Perciformes","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"鲈形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Naso elegans (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    Naso elegans, the elegant unicornfish, the blonde naso tang, Indian orange-spine unicorn, lipstick surgeonfish, lipstick tang, orangespine unicornfish or smoothheaded unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Acanthuridae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 520
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 520
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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