Abstract
The first confirmed record of the horseface unicornfish, Naso fageni Morrow, 1954, in Omani waters is reported here, based on a specimen of 550 mm total length which has been collected by gill nets on the coast of Quriat City, 120 km south of Muscat, the capital of Oman. Morphometric and meristic data are provided and compared with those of several specimens of this species from other parts of the world.
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We would like to thank the Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, Marine Science and Fisheries Centre for giving us the opportunity to use the technical facilities in its laboratories. We are grateful to Ronald Fricke, Germany and Sergey Bogordsky, Russian Federation, for their assistance in the identification of the species and to Kristiaan Hoedemakers, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium for reading the manuscript.
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Jawad, L.A., AL-Mamry, J.M. The Horseface Unicornfish Naso fageni Morrow, 1954 in Omani Waters: a Verification of a Prior Visual Sighting from the Sea of Oman. Thalassas 37, 27–30 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00267-z
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