Slender Unicornfish

Scientific Name: Naso lopezi
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 65cm
Identification: Slender body; bluish gray with numerous small round dark gray spots; occasionally displays a large whitish patch around pectoral fin.
Favourite: Form groups; feed on zooplankton.
Hide-out: Along steep outer reef drop-offs in 20-50m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - Andaman Sea to Papua New Guinea. Philippines to Great Barrier Reef.

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