Stellate Rabbitfish, Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775)

Other Names: Brownspotted Spinefoot, Brown-spotted Spinefoot, Honeycomb Rabbitfish

Summary:

A rabbitfish covered in small close-set dark brown to black spots with white areas between forming a "honeycomb" pattern, black spots on fins, caudal fin and trailing edges of dorsal and anal fins with a whitish margin, and often a pale whitish to yellowish saddle on the caudal peduncle.
Rabbitfishes have venomous fin spines that may inflict a painful injury.

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Stellate Rabbitfish, Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775)

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Distribution	Recorded from Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean.
Species Citation	Scarus stellatus Forsskål, 1775, Descriptiones animalium: 26, x. Type locality: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Author	Dianne J. Bray
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Stellate Rabbitfish, Siganus stellatus (Forsskål 1775)

References

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