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Siganus unimaculatus (Evermann & Seale, 1907)

Blotched foxface
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Siganus unimaculatus
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Philippines country information

Common names: Alama, Balawis, Barangan
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276). Known from Surigao City (Ref. 58652) and Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756). Museum: USNM 195404, 195405, 195406, 195407, 195411, 195412, 195414, 195415; CAS-SU 39110 (Ref. 1419).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Broad, G., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Foxface rabbitfish, Blackblotch foxface, 狐篮子鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Siganidae (Rabbitfishes)
Etymology: Siganus: Latin, siganus = a fish, rabbit fish; by the similarity of the nose (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Evermann & Seale.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 30 m (Ref. 58652), usually 1 - 30 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 30°N - 30°S

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