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Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)

Mottled spinefoot
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Philippines country information

Common names: Alama, Balawis, Balawis
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: McManus, J.W., C.L. Nañola Jr., R.B. Reyes Jr. and K.N. Kesner, 1992
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276), Calatagan and Nasugbu, Batangas (Ref. 107853), Sorsogon City (Ref. 58652), Bolinao, Pangasinan (Ref. 87989), Pujada Bay, Mindanao (Ref. 111069), Bantayan Is. in northern Cebu (Ref. 114734) and Dauin-Apo I. (Ref. 127519). Museum: CAS-SU 21554-58, 21597; AMS I. 10460, 10486, 10562. Western Calatagan, Batangas, UPZM 5447. Also Ref. 1419, 1602, 6956.
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: Broad, G., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

褐篮子鱼(云斑篮子鱼), Dusky rabbitfish, Sandy spinefoot, ... 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).

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - 50 m (Ref. 9813).   Tropical; 42°N - 37°S, 90°E - 171°E

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