Scribbled Rabbitfish, Siganus spinus (Linnaeus 1758)
Other Names: Blunt-nosed Spinefoot, Little Spinefoot, Scribbled Rabbit-fish, Spiny Rabbitfish, Spiny Spinefoot
A Scribbled Rabbitfish, Siganus spinus, at Manado, Minahasa, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A small rabbitfish with a labyrinth-like pattern of narrow brown markings, mottled fins, and often 4-5 irregular pale bars on the caudal peduncle.
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Dianne J. Bray, Siganus spinus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Nov 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1886
Scribbled Rabbitfish, Siganus spinus (Linnaeus 1758)
More Info
Distribution |
Carnarvon to Exmouth Gulf, WA, and from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait, to Moreton Bay, QLD, also in the Coral Sea. Occurs elsewhere in the tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific. |
Features |
Dorsalfin XIII, 10; Anal fin VII, 9; Pectoral fin 16-18; Scale rows above the lateral line 14-18; Vertebrae 13. |
Species Citation |
Sparus spinus Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae 1: 281. Type locality: Java, Indonesia. |
Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Scribbled Rabbitfish, Siganus spinus (Linnaeus 1758)
References
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