#2346 · 🐟 fish

Bluespine Unicornfish

🇳🇱 Blauwstekeleenhoornvis ·Naso unicornis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Erik Schlögl · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Susan Prior · CC BY 4.0
4. © David R · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Harry Rosenthal · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Frank Krasovec · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The bluespine unicornfish or short-nose unicornfish ( Naso unicornis ) is a tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 70 cm in length. It is called kala in Hawaiian, and dawa in New Caledonia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,252iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,252 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Forsskål in 1775 (251 years ago).