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Orange-spotted spinefoot

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 7; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 13. Dusky blue dorsally, silvery below; a bright yellow spot adjacent to last few rays of dorsal fin; head with lines and spots. Preopercular angle 91°-102°; strong scales fully cover the cheeks; midline of thorax scaled, not the pelvic ridges. Anterior nostril with extremely low rim, slightly expanded posteriorly. Spines stout, pungent, venomous.

Food Value

Unknown


Environments

Species found in Brackish Water, Salt Water. Species considered (reef-associated) living and feeding on or near coral reefs. Inhabits turbid inshore reefs among mangroves; tolerates or even prefers low salinities. Fry settles in seagrass beds around river mouths and adults enter and leave rivers with the tide, but also found on the drop-offs of inshore fringing reefs down to 6 m. Schools throughout life; school size for adults around 10 or 15. Feeds on benthic algae. Unlike other siganids, this species is reported to be active at night. Sold fresh in markets (Ref. 9813, 48637).

Distribution

Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: Andaman Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (including Irian Jaya), Viet Nam, Ryukyus, southern and eastern China, Taiwan, South China Sea, Philippines, and Palau. Replaced by <i>Siganus lineatus</i> to the west, south and east of the region described by the said localities.

Classification

  • Kingdom
    Animalia
  • Phylum
    Chordata
  • Class
    Teleostei
  • Order
    Acanthuriformes
  • Family
    Siganidae
  • Genus
    Siganus
  • Species
    guttatus
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Common Names:

  • Deepbody spinefoot
  • Golden rabbit fish
  • Golden rabbitfish
  • Golden spinefoot
  • Goldenspotted spinefoot
  • Golden-spotted spinefoot
  • Goldlined Spinefoot
  • Gold-saddle rabbitfish
  • Orange-spotted spinefoot
  • Rabbitfish
  • Spinefoot
  • Star siganus
  • Yellow-blotch spinefoot