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Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801)

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Classification

Kingdom » Animalia

Phylum » Chordata

Class » Osteichthyes

Order » Acanthuriformes

Family » Acanthuridae

Genus » Naso

Species » lituratus

Naso lituratus
(Forster, 1801)
Orangespine unicornfish

Description » (Wikipedia) Naso lituratus, the clown unicornfish, orangespined unicornfish, black-finned unicornfish, Pacific orangespined unicornfish, blackfinned unicornfish or stripefaced unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
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Local Name »

Locality/Distribution » [Santa Ana, Cagayan Valley]

Collectors/Field Observers » JM Del Castillo, GM de Peralta

Species ID by » Maybelle A. Fortaleza

Institution/Project » University of the Philippines Mindanao DNA Barcoding NEC Project (DOST-MECO-TECO)

Collection Code » NEC_1906_STAA_041_A

Cite this page as: Nañola CL, Fortaleza MA, de Peralta GM, and Liao TY. 2023. Checklist of commercially important marine fishes in northeastern Luzon, Philippines. Unpublished data.

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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed:06 May 2010 (FishBase)

Sample Availability and Preservation » Tissue preserved in 95% ETOH; whole fish specimen fixed in formalin

GenBank Accession Number » N/A

Curated by » Maybelle Fortaleza

Last Updated » Sept. 7, 2023, 4:20 p.m.

Cite this page as: Nañola CL, Fortaleza MA, de Peralta GM, and Liao TY. 2023. Checklist of commercially important marine fishes in northeastern Luzon, Philippines. Unpublished data.

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Please contact: Maybelle Fortaleza (University of the Philippines Mindanao) via email: "mafortaleza@up.edu.ph"

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