WoRMS taxon details
Naso elegans (Rüppell, 1829)
278005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278005)
accepted
Species
Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Naso elegans (Rüppell, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278005 on 2025-12-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naso elegans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naso elegans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Aspisurus elegans Rüppell, 1829)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
