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Siganus stellatus, Brown-spotted spinefoot : fisheries, aquarium

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Siganus stellatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Brown-spotted spinefoot
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Tanzania country information

Common names: Tasi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Mafia Island Marine Park (Ref. 51015).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Woodland, D.J., 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(, ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Siganidae (Rabbitfishes)
Etymology: Siganus: Latin, siganus = a fish, rabbit fish; by the similarity of the nose (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Forsskål.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

海洋 礁区鱼类; 深度上下限 1 - ? m (Ref. 9710), usually 5 - 30 m (Ref. 27115).   热带; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 30°N - 35°S

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Indian Ocean: Red Sea and East Africa to the Andaman Sea.
印度洋: 红海而且东非到安达曼海。

大小 / 重量 / 年龄

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 4407); common length : 35.0 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 9813)

简单描述 检索表 | 型态特徵 | 形态测量图

背棘 (总数) : 13; 背的软条 (总数) : 10; 臀棘: 7; 臀鳍软条: 9; 脊椎骨: 13. Indian Ocean subspecies. S. s. laqueus greyish green with head and body covered with chocolate brown spots; in S. s. stellatus, background color is yellowish. Trailing edges of soft parts of dorsal and anal fins, perimeter of caudal fin and a saddle over the caudal peduncle are markedly paler than the rest. Silvery iris, tinted brown or green, with 10 equally spaced spots. Spines stout; pungent only in juveniles. Preopercular angle 92°-103°. Strong scales cover the cheeks. Usually midline of thorax fully scaled, but pelvic ridges sometimes without scales.

生物学特性     字汇 (例如 epibenthic)

Common in coral reefs; juveniles enter weedy estuaries (Ref. 4407). Juveniles and subadults form schools, adults in pairs. Adults feed on benthic seaweeds (Ref. 9813). Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406).

常见于珊瑚礁; 稚鱼进入杂草丛生的河口。 (参考文献 4407) 稚鱼与亚成鱼形成鱼群, 成对的成鱼。 成鱼吃水底的海草。 (参考文献 9813) 用毒液腺的前外侧的腺凹槽.(参考文献 57406)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 仔鱼

印度洋: 红海而且东非到安达曼海。

主要参考文献 Upload your references | 参考文献 | 合作者 : Woodland, David J. | 合作者

Woodland, D.J., 1990. Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pac. Fish. (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)

世界自然保护联盟红皮书 (Ref. 130435)


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