Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Naso lituratus listed in key words.

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14544 Book Chapter Randall, J.E. 1991. Acanthuridae. Surgeonfishes (tangs, unicornfishes). Page 3653–3683 in Carpenter, K.E., and V.H. Niem, eds. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. Fisheries and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy.
17775 Database REEF. 2008. Exotic Species Sighting Program and Volunteer Survey Project Database. Reef Environmental Education Foundation.
13817 Journal Article Semmens, B.X., E.R. Buhle, A.K. Salomon, C.V. Pattengill-Semmens. 2004. A hotspot of non-native marine fishes: evidence for the aquarium trade as an invasion pathway. Marine Ecology Progress Series 266:239–244. http://www.reef.org/reef_files/meps_exotic.pdf.
33381 Journal Article Taylor, B.M., K.L. Rhodes, A. Marshell and J.L. McIlwain. 2014. Age-based demographic and reproductive assessment of orangespine Naso lituratus and bluespine Naso unicornis unicornfishes. Journal of Fish Biology 85:901–916.


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