Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829)

Pez Unicornio Manchado, pez unicornio manchado, Spottet unicornfish

Size: 25 - 38 cm

Habitat: Open water near rocky slopes

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Acanthuriformes

Suborder
Acanthuroidei

Family
Acanthuridae

Genus
Naso

Species
brevirostris

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cyphomycter coryphaenoides Smith, 1955, Naseus brevirostris Cuvier, 1829, Naseus brevirostris Valenciennes, 1835, Naso brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Vagrant

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: Indo-Pacific and rarely at Galapagos (Wolf)

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
  • IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
  • McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Naso brevirostris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11277. Accessed 2 November 2026.