Naso brachycentron
Humpback Unicorn
IUCN: least concernmarine
(Valenciennes, 1835)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 219664 ↗
3
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1963
First collected
1975
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Two centuries of collecting
1960s1970s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1963 by Palau Fishery Cooperative (Palau Islands). The Museum last collected it in 1975; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as 2025.
Alive today
1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
