Species Naso minor (Smith, 1966)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Axinurus minor Smith, J.L.B. 1966. Fishes of the sub-family Nasinae with a synopsis of the Prionurinae. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 32: 635-682 figs 1-13 pls 103-104 [640, fig. 1a].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAIAB 15, Pinda Reef, Mozambique.

 

Generic Combinations

• Naso minor (Smith, 1966). —
  Randall, J. E. 1986. Family No. 243: Acanthuridae. pp. 811-823 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [822]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Great Barrier Reef off Lizard Island (14°26'S) to reefs off Cairns (16°30'S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [1033] (Vol III)

Clements, K.D. & Randall, J.E. 1996. Four new records of surgeonfishes (Perciformes: Acanthuridae) from the Great Barrier Reef. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 339-342 [341]

Kuiter, R.H. & Debelius, H. 2001. Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives. A comprehensive guide to Acanthuroidei. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 208 pp. [129]

Randall, J.E. 2001. Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the World. Honolulu : Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press 125 pp. [88]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [539]

 

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. & Debelius, H. 2001. Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives. A comprehensive guide to Acanthuroidei. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 208 pp. [129] (Little Unicorn)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [539] (Blackspine Unicornfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Blackspine Unicornfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Jun-2013		11-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)