Scientific Name	Naso unicornis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	1 - 180M
Chinese	單角鼻魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	單角鼻魚
Max Length	70 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	剝皮仔、打鐵婆、獨角倒吊、鬼角(臺東)、老牛(澎湖)、掛角狄(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Djedda, Red Sea
Synonyms	Acanthurus unicornis, Chaetodon unicornis, Naso unicornus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Forsskål, P. 1775 Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054870. ASIZP0055270. ASIZP0058482. ASIZP0058483. ASIZP0058623. ASIZP0059013. ASIZP0060521. ASIZP0060990. ASIZP0066651. ASIZP0070768. ASIZP0801760. ASIZP0802633. ASIZP0802660. ASIZP0806722. ASIZP0900046. ASIZP0911760. ASIZP0916722. ASIZP0916910. FRIP03164. FRIP20277. FRIP21228. FRIP21473. FRIP21476. FRIP21594. FRIP21796. FRIP22152. NMMBP05064. NMMBP05514. NMMBP05641. NMMBP06220. NMMSTP00325. NMNSF01274. NTUM01200. NTUM01206. NTUM01216. NTUM01217. NTUM01220. ...List all 44 records...
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Unicorn tang; Unicornfish; Brown unicornfish; Bluespine unicornfish; Bluespine unicorn; Longhorn unicornfish; Humphead unicornfish; Longnose unicornfish; Long-snouted unicornfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays VI, 27-30 ; anal-fin rays II, 27-30 ; pectoral-fin rays 17-18 ; pelvic-fin rays I,3. Body yellowish to olivaceous gray dorsally, paler ventrally; a blue area sometimes present around pectoral fins; Candal peduncular plates and keels blue; lips whitish or blue; dorsal and anal fins with a blue margin; caudal fin orangish basally. Presence of a horn or rostrum. Both caudal lobes prolonged into filaments. Adult males with better developed horn, candal peduncular spines, and caudal filaments than females of the same size.
habitats	Primarily an inshore fish found in various reef habitats, inshore, lagoons as well as deep waters along outer reef walls. Juveniles are found in shallow protected bays and harbours. Typically occurring in small groups. Mainly diurnal, it feeds on coarse l
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Tuamotu islands; north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands. Taiwan: South, Hsiaoliuchiu, Penghu, Lanyu, Lyudao, North, East, North-East, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species.