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Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)

Mottled spinefoot
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Hong Kong country information

Common names: Rabbitfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Cape D'Aguilar (Ref. 124789). Widespread in estuarienes, sometimes entering rivers and streams. Reported from streams at Tung Chung, Tai Ho, and Chi Ma Wan Peninsula in Lantau Island (Ref. 129476). Also Ref. 12087, 94637.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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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