Foxface Rabbitfish
Scientific Name: Siganus vulpinus
Species: Rabbitfishes (Siganidae)
Other names: Spinefoots, Common Foxface, Yellow Foxface, Foxface Spinefoot.
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Foxface RabbitfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in July 2009
Photographed at: Flair Point - Coral Sea - Australia
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Foxface RabbitfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2008
Photographed at: Lembeh - Indonesia
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Foxface RabbitfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in July 2009
Photographed at: Flair Point - Coral Sea - Australia
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Foxface RabbitfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in July 2009
Photographed at: Flair Point - Coral Sea - Australia
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Foxface RabbitfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in July 2009
Photographed at: Flair Point - Coral Sea - Australia
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Description
Also known as Spinefoots, Common Foxface, Yellow Foxface and Foxface Spinefoot.
Found singly or in small groups in coral rich areas of lagoons and outer reefs, often sheltering in staghorn corals.
They feed on algae, seagrass and weeds.
Length - 24cm
Depth - 30m
Widespread West Pacific
Rabbitfish are usually found in algae rich reefs.
They have venomous spines in the Anal Fin and at both ends of the ventral fin. These can inflict extremely painful injuries.
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The Foxface Rabbitfish is found in or near the West Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 5 times by user @fishx6
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