Teleostei

Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish

Naso lituratus

Outer reef habitat

Photo: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY · Source and license. Displayed as a resized crop. Photograph illustrates the species.

Habitat in featured records: Outer reef habitat
Depths in featured records: 16.2 m (one reported depth)
Viewing activities: Scuba diving

When to look

The available records do not establish a reliable local viewing season. Use the map’s month filter to inspect dated observations; it does not predict an encounter.

RECORDED PRESENCE

Where has Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish been recorded?

These destination links use the same area and date cutoff as the map: 40 km circles, except for the four named regional rectangles. Checked 2026-09-19. Counts describe source records, not individual animals or sighting odds.

Great Barrier ReefQueensland, Australia40 km radius · 13 source records since 2016About this destination →HawaiʻiHawaiʻi, United StatesRegional rectangle · 2300 source records since 2016About this destination →Kona CoastHawaiʻi, United States40 km radius · 539 source records since 2016About this destination →MauiHawaiʻi, United States40 km radius · 340 source records since 2016About this destination →OkinawaJapan40 km radius · 12 source records since 2016About this destination →PalauPalau40 km radius · 8 source records since 2016About this destination →

Sources, search boundaries and limitations