WoRMS name details

Naso francolina

219669  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219669)

uncertain (Only in McClanahan 1994. Lapsus calami for Naso fageni or Naso hexacanthus.)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Taxonomy The author confirmed the mistake, and that it should have been one of the two Naso species (McClanahan, pers. comm, 26 Feb,...  
Taxonomy The author confirmed the mistake, and that it should have been one of the two Naso species (McClanahan, pers. comm, 26 Feb, 2022). Possibly mixed up with Nassa francolina (Bruguière, 1789), which is a Gastropoda while the name obviously aimed to a fish species. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Naso francolina. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219669 on 2025-04-06
Date
action
by
1997-03-04 14:55:14Z
created
2022-02-25 18:56:48Z
changed
2022-02-26 04:36:47Z
changed

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Nomenclature

basis of record McClanahan, T.R. (1994). Kenya coral reef lagoon fish: effects of fishing, substrate complexity, and sea urchins. Coral Reefs 13: 231-241 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The author confirmed the mistake, and that it should have been one of the two Naso species (McClanahan, pers. comm, 26 Feb, 2022). Possibly mixed up with Nassa francolina (Bruguière, 1789), which is a Gastropoda while the name obviously aimed to a fish species. [details]