UNICORN FISH

also spelled Unicornfish, any of certain exclusively marine fishes belonging to the genus Naso, in the family Acanthuridae (order Perciformes), occurring in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The 17 species are herbivorous algae eaters. Unicorn fishes have a pair of sharp forward-pointing spines that protrude from the side of the tail shaft, and the fishes also have a long spike, a frontal horn, protruding from the forehead. The eellike Eumecichthys fiski, in the crestfish family Lophotidae (order Lampridiformes), is also called unicorn fish.