First record of the Bignose Unicornfish, Naso vlamingii (Perciformes, Acanthuridae) from Korea

By

Kwun, Hyuck Joon
Jung, Heakyoung

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-6-22

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

545--548

Subjects

first record , Jeju Island , Subtropical fish

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.3.545

 

Abstract

Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835) is reported from Korea for the first time and a morphological description is provided. A single specimen of N. vlamingii was collected from the southeastern coast of Jeju Island, Korea in September 2017. This species is characterized by the presence of 2 bony plates on the middle of the caudal peduncle, 6 dorsal and 2 anal fin spines, and a rounded, convex, swollen snout. This species is the fifth species of the genus Naso Lacepède, 1801 in the Korean fish fauna, and the newly proposed Korean name for the species is “Keun-ko-pyo-mun-jwi-chi”.