🦋 Family

Siganidae

18 species · Animals

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Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Siganus argenteus is a fusiform Indo-Pacific rabbitfish found in shallow coastal reef and lagoon habitats.

Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775

Siganus rivulatus is a venomous marine fish with a natural range in the Western Indian Ocean that has spread to the Mediterranean.

Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829)

Siganus luridus, the dusky spinefoot, is a reef-dwelling fish native to the western Indian Ocean that has spread into the Mediterranean.

Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Siganus lineatus, the golden-lined spinefoot, is a rabbitfish species found in sheltered Indo-West Pacific coastal waters.

Siganus javus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Siganus javus (the streaked spinefoot) is a species of rabbitfish found across the Indo-Pacific, with one unconfirmed Mediterranean record.

Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797)

Siganus canaliculatus, the white-spotted spinefoot, is a commercially important Indo-Pacific food fish often farmed in mariculture.

Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)

Siganus fuscescens is a species of rabbitfish found mainly in the Indo-Pacific, with distinctive body shape and colour patterns.

Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Siganus spinus is a venomous Indo-Pacific rabbitfish with distinct morphological and color patterns, found in coral reef habitats.

Siganus puellus (Schlegel, 1852)

Siganus puellus, the masked spinefoot, is a venomous Indo-West Pacific rabbitfish with a characteristic black eye band.

Siganus virgatus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Siganus virgatus, the barhead spinefoot rabbitfish, is a venomous Indo-Pacific reef fish identifiable by its distinct dark bands and yellow fins.

Siganus doliatus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38

Siganus doliatus, the scribbled rabbitfish, is a venomous tropical western Pacific marine reef fish with a distinctive patterned body.

Siganus corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Siganus corallinus, the blue-spotted spinefoot, is a Indo-West Pacific reef rabbitfish with blue-spotted orange-yellow bodies.

Siganus uspi Gawel & Woodland, 1974

Siganus uspi, the bicolored foxface, is a venomous reef rabbitfish mostly found in Fiji with a distinct two-tone coloration.

Siganus punctatus (Schneider & Forster, 1801)

Siganus punctatus is a venomous Indo-West Pacific rabbitfish with spotted grey bodies, found on coral reefs.

Siganus stellatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Siganus stellatus is a venomous rabbitfish species found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

Siganus guttatus (Bloch, 1787)

Siganus guttatus, the orange-spotted spinefoot, is a reef- and mangrove-dwelling rabbitfish found across the Indo-West Pacific.

Siganus unimaculatus (Evermann & Seale, 1907)

Siganus unimaculatus (blotched foxface) is a venomous reef rabbitfish with two disjunct populations in the Western Pacific.

Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller, 1845)

Siganus vulpinus, the foxface rabbitfish, is a venomous coral reef fish found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

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