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White-spotted Spinefoot

Siganus canaliculatus

Also known as: Net-pattern Spinefoot, Pearl-spotted Spinefoot, Pearly Spinefoot, Pin-spotted Spinefoot, Seagrass Rabbitfish, Slimy Spinefoot, Smudgepot Spinefoot, Spinefoot, Spotted Spinefoot, Streaked Spinefoot, White-spotted Rabbitfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
VenomousKeep your distance
Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeth Resort, Indonesia · June 20061 / 6
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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, in murky waters, over rock and rubble areas, of estuaries and large lagoons, rich in algae growth. When asleep or threatened the will change to a mottled pattern.
Juveniles found in large schools, over shallow bays and reef flats.

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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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly, or in schools, in murky waters, over rock and rubble areas, of estuaries and large lagoons, rich in algae growth.

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  • daniel· 31 Oct 2013

    I currently have a white spotted rabbit. She is great. Easy to feed, algae sheets and frozen mysis, tolerates aggressive tankmates, and grows like a weed. I would highly recommend this fish to anyone with the tank space for one.

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familySiganidae
  6. genusSiganus
  7. speciesSiganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797)

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More in the family

Rabbitfishes (Siganidae)