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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Naele_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Naele_u0.jpg FB-pic-60074-11782 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1996-08-23 2019-11-18 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Nalit_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Nalit_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-60074 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-01-19 00:00:00 2013-04-30 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 Inhabits coastal and sheltered reef flats in small groups and schools in oceanic locations (Ref. 48637). Also found in rocky bottoms in about 5-30 m (Ref. 90102). Feeds on benthic algae (Ref. 37792). Randall, J.E. 2001 Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the world.. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i. 123 p. (Ref. 37792) FB-DiagnosticDescr-60074 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-01-19 00:00:00 2013-04-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal fin yellow with a blue line at base and a black band above this; anal and pelvic fins dark brown; dorsal and anal fins with a narrow blue margin and black submarginal line; caudal fin yellowish with black upper and lower margins and a submarginal black band posteriorly (Ref. 37792). Caudal fin emarginate with adult males having trailing filaments from each corner (Ref. 37792).Description: Characterized further by dark greyish body color with yellow-edged black band down middle of snout; black margins on opercle and preopercle; presence of a pair of large orange spots around caudal peduncle keels; absence of horn or protuberance on forehead; caudal peduncle with pair of bony plates, each with sharp forward projecting keel; greatest depth of body 2.2-2.7 in SL (Ref. 90102). Randall, J.E. 2001 Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the world.. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i. 123 p. (Ref. 37792) FB-Morphology-60074 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-01-19 00:00:00 2013-04-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 30; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 27 - 30 Randall, J.E. 2001 Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the world.. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i. 123 p. (Ref. 37792) FB-Distribution-60074 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-01-19 00:00:00 2019-09-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Indian Ocean: Red Sea south to Durban, South Africa and east through the islands of the western Indian Ocean to southwestern Indonesia, at least to Bali. Randall, J.E. 2001 Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the world.. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i. 123 p. (Ref. 37792) FB-Uses-60074 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-01-19 00:00:00 2013-04-30 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: commercial Randall, J.E. 1984 Acanthuridae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Vol. 1. FAO, Rome. pag. var. (Ref. 3146) FB-TrophicStrategy-60074 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2005-06-28 00:00:00 2005-06-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public elegans http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Feeds on benthic algae (Ref. 37792). FB-Size-60074 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-01-19 00:00:00 2013-04-30 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 45.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 37792)) Randall, J.E. 2001 Surgeonfishes of Hawai'i and the world.. Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Hawai'i. 123 p. (Ref. 37792) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-60074 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-01-19 00:00:00 2013-04-30 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60074 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 5 - 30 m (Ref. 90102) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)