Species Naso maculatus Randall & Struhsaker, 1981
Scribbled Unicornfish
- Naso maculatus Randall, J.E. & Struhsaker, P. 1981. Naso maculatus, a new species of acanthurid fish from the Hawaiian Islands and Japan. Copeia 1981: 553-558 [554, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 204941, Oahu Island, Hawaii.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1979.10.24.1; BPBM 9177; BPBM 15381; BPBM 22589; CAS 44529; USNM 227488.
Introduction
An infrequently encountered species as it usually occurs at depths of over 40 m, and up to 220 m (see Kuiter and Debelius 2001, Randall 2001).
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Off Point Lookout, QLD (27°25'S), also Middleton Reef (29°29'S) and Lord Howe Island (31°33'S), NSW; tropical, west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [167]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [332]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine.
General References
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [167]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 11-Jun-2013 | 11-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |