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Banded Unicornfish

Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)

Description

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Juveniles occur in clear, shallow lagoon reefs at depths as little as 1 m; adults rarely seen in less than 25 m, encountered off outer reef dropoffs in small schools. Feeds on large zooplankton during the day and shelter within the reef during the night.
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copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
bibliographic citation
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019).
contributor
Edward Vanden Berghe [email]