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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The Moorish idol has a mouth that sticks out in front.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Moorish idol
- Scientific name
- Zanclus cornutus
- Japanese name
- ツノダシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Zanclidae
- Genus
- Zanclus
How the Moorish idol lives
At night, it can also be seen near harbour quay walls.
沖縄美ら海水族館Basic data
- Size
- Total length: about 10 cm
Where the Moorish idol has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ツノダシ
- 简体中文
- 角镰鱼
- 繁體中文
- 灰鐮魚
- 한국어
- 깃대돔
- Español
- Ídolo moro
- Français
- Porte-enseigne
- Deutsch
- Halfterfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Zanclo-mouro
- Italiano
- Idolo moresco
- العربية
- شوش
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Moorish idol
- Русский
- Идол мавританский
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — ツノダシChecked: 2026-11-03
- 海遊館 — ツノダシChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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