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Siganus virgatus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Barhead spinefoot
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Philippines country information

Common names: Alama, Balangin, Balawis
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276) and Leyte Gulf (Ref. 68980). Known from Siargao Island (Ref. 58652); Bolinao, Pangasinan (Ref. 87989), Nasugbu, Batangas (Ref. 107853), San Juan, Batangas (Ref. 107854) and Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756). Museum: AMS I.10462, 22406; CAS-SU 21593, 26175, 21589, 21590, 21591, 21592 (Ref. 1419). Taytay fish market, FRLM 12137 - 38. Also Ref. 393, 48613, 59110.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kimura, S., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Doublebar rabbitfish, Virgate rabbitfish, 象鱼, ... 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 author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 1 - ? m (Ref. 48637), usually 1 - 20 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 35°N - 25°S, 77°E - 154°E

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