Naso maculatus, Scribbled unicornfish

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Naso maculatus Randall & Struhsaker, 1981

Scribbled unicornfish
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> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Nasinae
Etymology: Naso: Latin, nasus = nose (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Randall & Struhsaker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 43 - 220 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical; 29°N - 19°N, 119°E - 156°W (Ref. 57252)

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Pacific Ocean: antitropical, from Japan and Lord Howe Island to the Hawaiian Islands.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 6 - 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 26 - 28; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 26 - 28. Body elongate, higher and more bluish than N. lopezi. Forehead without rostral prominence even in adults. Two small peduncular plates each with a sharp, approximately semicircular, laterally projecting keel. caudal fin emarginate without a filament. Reaches 46 cm SL.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found in deep seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic and mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Randall, John E. | Colaboradores

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 18.7 - 23.3, mean 19.9 °C (based on 19 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02089 (0.00974 - 0.04480), b=2.96 (2.78 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  2.3   ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 32 [19, 60] mg/100g; Iron = 0.536 [0.270, 0.931] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.3, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.137 [0.085, 0.252] g/100g; Selenium = 51.9 [27.1, 95.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 45.5 [13.5, 153.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.36 [0.91, 1.99] mg/100g (wet weight);