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Siganus punctatissimus Fowler & Bean, 1929

Peppered spinefoot
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Fine-spotted rabbitfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from northern Indonesia. Also Ref. 1419.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Peppered rabbitfish, Finespotted rabbitfish, 臭肚, ... 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: Fowler & Bean.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 12 - 30 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 30°N - 24°S

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