Unicorn fish
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Unicorn fish may refer to:
- Fishes in the genus NasoNaso (genus)The unicorn fishes are 17 species of tropical, herbivorous marine surgeonfishes in the genus Naso. They are so named because of a spike that protrudes from the forehead. Some species have a bulbous protrusion rather than a pronounced spike, and some lack a spike altogether...
, family AcanthuridaeAcanthuridaeAcanthuridae is the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 80 species in six genera, all of which are marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs... - The unicorn crestfishUnicorn crestfishThe unicorn crestfish or unicornfish, Eumecichthys fiski, is a very rare, little-known species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae, and the only member of its genus...
, Eumecichthys fiski, family Lophotidae - The unicorn grenadierUnicorn grenadierThe Unicorn grenadier Caelorinchus productus is a species of rattail. This fish is found at depths of up to 600 m in the waters around northern Taiwan, southern Japan and the East China Sea....
Caelorinchus productus, family Macrouridae - The scrawled filefishScrawled filefishThe scrawled filefish, Aluterus scriptus, is a filefish of the family Monacanthidae. Its length is up to 1.1 m, and it is found on tropical reefs circumglobally to a depth of 120 m.Image:Aluterus scriptus 600.jpg...
, Aluterus scriptus, family Monacanthidae