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title: "Rożec skrobacz"
description: "Naso lituratus — Ryby. Naso lituratus, also known as the clown unicornfish, orangespined unicornfish, orangespine unicornfish, black-finned unicornfish, Pacific orangespined unicornfish, blackfinned unicornfish or the stripefaced unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pacific-orange-spine-unicornfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rożec skrobacz

> Naso lituratus — Ryby. Naso lituratus, also known as the clown unicornfish, orangespined unicornfish, orangespine unicornfish, black-finned unicornfish, Pacific orangespined unicornfish, blackfinned unicornfish or the stripefaced unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

- Scientific name: *Naso lituratus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3904
- Wikidata: [Q674381](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q674381)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52451](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52451)

## Names

- en: Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish
- de: Gelbklingen-Nasendoktorfisch
- es: Pez Unicornio de Espina Naranja
- fr: Nason à éperons orange du Pacifique
- nl: Koekopvis
- pl: Rożec skrobacz

## Countries with the most observations

US (2090), ID (280), PH (93), PF (92), CK (89), AU (88), FJ (80), JP (63), GU (58), PW (45), VU (37), NC (36)

## Summary

Naso lituratus, also known as the clown unicornfish, orangespined unicornfish, orangespine unicornfish, black-finned unicornfish, Pacific orangespined unicornfish, blackfinned unicornfish or the stripefaced unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, where it is found in coral reefs, often in pairs.
Naso lituratus is easily identified by two bright orange forward-hooked spines on the caudal peduncle (the tail base), as well as its orange lips and…

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

## Photo

![Rożec skrobacz](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-orange-spine-unicornfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67073797

## Machine access

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