Rabbitfish
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Rabbitfishes or spinefoots, genus Siganus, are perciform fishes in the family Siganidae. It is the only extant genus in its family and has 29 species. In some now obsolete classifications, the species having prominent face stripes—colloquially called foxfaces–are in the genus Lo. Other species, such as the masked spinefoot (S. puellus), show a reduced form of the stripe pattern. Rabbitfishes are native to shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific, but S. luridus and S. rivulatus have become established in the eastern Mediterranean via Lessepsian migration. They are commercially important food fish, and can be used in the preparation of dishes such as bagoong.
Rabbitfish | |
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Marbled spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus) | |
Foxface rabbitfish (S. vulpinus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Suborder: | Percoidei |
Superfamily: | Siganoidea |
Family: | Siganidae |
Genus: | Siganus Fabricius, 1775[1] |
Type species | |
Siganus rivulatus Fabricius, 1775[1] | |
Species | |
About 29, see text | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |