Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 305

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5582318
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1577035E-8134-FE97-EDFC-CFBD1C070C41
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Naso tonganus
status

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Naso tonganus View in CoL (Valenciennes [ex Quoy & Gaimard] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835)—Bulbnose unicornfish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen observed at Nusalomon Island, Kavieng District, 1–24 m depth, St. T1, on 30 Oct. 2006, by Gerald R. Allen.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Found in seaward reefs, 3–20 m depth. Marine.