Scientific Name	Naso lopezi   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Herre, 1927	Depth	6 - M
Chinese	洛氏鼻魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	刺尾鯛科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F470　Acanthuridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	洛氏鼻魚
Max Length	60 cm SL	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	剝皮仔、打鐵婆、鬼角(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、ShaoLiuChew、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Ambil I., China Sea, southwest of Manila Bay, Philippines
Synonyms	Naso lopezii, Naso sp., Naso vomer
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea(Randall et al.,1990)  Herre, A. W. C. T. 1927 Randall, J. E. etc. 1971 Randall, J. E., G. R. Allen etc. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055997. ASIZP0058481. ASIZP0073055. ASIZP0073056. ASIZP0805852. ASIZP0806725. ASIZP0806727. ASIZP0915852. ASIZP0916725. ASIZP0916727. BPBMI23212. FRIP21223. FRIP21479. FRIP22298. NMMBP08590.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Slender unicornfish; Lopez' unicornfish; Elongate unicornfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays V,28-31 ; anal-fin rays II,27-30 ; pectoral-fin rays17 ; pelvic-fin rays I,3. Body gray, paler ventrally, the upper half of body and caudal fin with numberous small dark gray to black spots; a large pale area pectoral fin, sometimes containing dark reddish bars; two broad black bands; horn-abscant with numerous black close-set spots on the upper half of its body and tail, and white ventrally; caudal fin emarginate in young, truncate to very slightly double emarginate in adults.
habitats	Uncommon species found in coastal to outer reef slopes subject to strong currents. Usually found in waters deeper than 6 m. Sometimes in large schools.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea, western Indonesia, Philippines, Ryukyus, and Palau. Taiwan: South, Hsiaoliuchiu.
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species.