Orangespine Unicornfish

Scientific Name: Naso lituratus
Family: Surgeonfishes - Acanthuridae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Brownish gray, yellowish nape, orange tail spines and anal fin; yellow-edged black area from mouth to eye, broad black band on dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Lagoon and outer reefs to 70m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Hawaii, Pitcaim Is. S.W. Japan to S. Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.