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Rabbitfishes
Siganus
Rabbitfishes or spinefoots, genus Siganus, are perciform fishes in the family Siganidae. It is the only extant genus in its family and has 29 species. In some now obsolete classifications, the species having prominent face stripes—colloquially called foxfaces–are in the genus Lo. Other species, such as the masked spinefoot (S. puellus), show a reduced form of the stripe pattern. Rabbitfishes are native to shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific, but S. luridus and S. rivulatus have become established in the eastern Mediterranean via Lessepsian migration. They are commercially important food fish, and can be used in the preparation of dishes such as bagoong.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 32 known species
Rivulated Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus rivulatus
Lo
complexLo
Dusky Spinefoot
speciesSiganus luridus
Dusky Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus fuscescens
Barred Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus doliatus
Coral Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus corallinus
Golden Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus guttatus
Doublebar Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus virgatus
Java Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus javus
Masked Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus puellus
Scribbled Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus spinus
Goldlined Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus lineatus
Forktail Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus argenteus
Spotted Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus punctatus
White-spotted Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus canaliculatus
Honeycomb Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus stellatus
Brown Spotted Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus laqueus
Whitespotted Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus sutor
Maze Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus vermiculatus
Finespotted Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus punctatissimus
Threespot Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus trispilos
Blackeye Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus puelloides
bronze-lined spinefoot
speciesSiganus insomnis
Variegated Spinefoot
speciesSiganus randalli
New Caledonia rabbitfish
speciesSiganus woodlandi
Pearlspotted Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus margaritiferus
Siganus studeri
speciesSiganus studeri
Labyrinth Rabbitfish
speciesSiganus labyrinthodes
Where it lives
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