No photo available
Bluespine unicornfish
Naso unicornis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bluespine unicornfish
- Scientific
- Naso unicornis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 70 cm (fork length); commonly 50 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 180 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2010
Description
A large greyish-olive unicornfish with a short bony horn on the forehead in adults that does not extend beyond the mouth, and two bright blue spines on each side of the tail base. It feeds mainly on coarse brown seaweed in channels and on surge-swept reefs, usually in small groups.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives on the FishBase country checklist (status: present). No Maldives-specific information was found in MRS (1997) or the other sources reviewed, and no Dhivehi name is recorded.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Naso-unicornis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nasounicornis-Blauklingen.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.