---
title: "Paletail Unicornfish"
description: "Naso brevirostris — Pesci. Naso brevirostris, also known as the short-nosed unicornfish, spotted unicornfish, brown unicornfish, lined unicornfish, longnose surgeonfish, palefin unicornfish, paletail unicornfish, shorthorned unicornfish or shortsnouted unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/paletail-unicornfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Paletail Unicornfish

> Naso brevirostris — Pesci. Naso brevirostris, also known as the short-nosed unicornfish, spotted unicornfish, brown unicornfish, lined unicornfish, longnose surgeonfish, palefin unicornfish, paletail unicornfish, shorthorned unicornfish or shortsnouted unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Naso brevirostris*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2091
- Wikidata: [Q770942](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770942)
- iNaturalist taxon: [83879](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/83879)

## Names

- en: Paletail Unicornfish
- de: Langnasen-Nasendoktorfisch
- es: Pez Unicornio Moteado
- fr: Nason à rostre court

## Countries with the most observations

MV (386), ID (190), US (166), AU (105), PF (92), FJ (73), PW (42), NC (35), SC (35), MY (31), TZ (29), TW (27)

## Summary

Naso brevirostris, also known as the short-nosed unicornfish, spotted unicornfish, brown unicornfish, lined unicornfish, longnose surgeonfish, palefin unicornfish, paletail unicornfish, shorthorned unicornfish or shortsnouted unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It occurs in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naso_brevirostris

## Photo

![Paletail Unicornfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/paletail-unicornfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256378469

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/paletail-unicornfish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).