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  • Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Francois Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) David Rolla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Tim Clark, all rights reserved

  • Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Jean-Thomas Bujard, all rights reserved

  • Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Tim Cameron, all rights reserved

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Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish

Naso lituratus

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About

Naso lituratus is a species of fish in the family Acanthuridae, the tangs and unicornfishes. Its common names include barcheek unicornfish, clown tang, masked unicornfish, naso tang, orange-spine surgeonfish, orange-spine unicornfish, Pacific orange-spine unicorn, poll unicornfish, redlip surgeonfish, lipstick tang, smooth-head unicornfish, and striped unicornfish.

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