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Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)

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Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
Rabbit Fish
Rabbit Fish
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Rabbit Fish
🗒 Synonyms
synonymAmphacanthus albopunctatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
synonymAmphacanthus aurantiacus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
synonymAmphacanthus concavocephalus (Paradice, 1927)
synonymAmphacanthus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
synonymAmphacanthus gymnopareius Richardson, 1843
synonymAmphacanthus kopsii Bleeker, 1851
synonymAmphacanthus maculosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
synonymAmphacanthus margaritiferus Valenciennes, 1835
synonymAmphacanthus nebulosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
synonymAmphacanthus oramin (non Schneider, 1801)
synonymAmphacanthus ovatus Marion de Procé, 1822
synonymAmphacanthus siganus (non Forsskål, 1775)
synonymAmphacanthus tumifrons Valenciennes, 1835
synonymCentrogaster fuscescens Houttuyn, 1782
synonymSiganus albopunctatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
synonymSiganus canaliculatus (non Park, 1797)
synonymSiganus concavocephalus Paradice, 1927
synonymSiganus consobrinus Ogilby, 1912
synonymSiganus fuscenaus (Houttuyn, 1782)
synonymSiganus kopsii (Bleeker, 1851)
synonymSiganus margaritiferus (Valenciennes, 1835)
synonymSiganus nebulosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
synonymSiganus oramin (non Schneider, 1801)
synonymSiganus rivulatus (non Forsskål, 1775)
synonymSiganus spinus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymSiganus tumifrons (Valenciennes, 1835)
synonymTeuthis albopunctata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
synonymTeuthis fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
synonymTeuthis gibbosus De Vis, 1884
synonymTeuthis javus (non Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymTeuthis kopsii (Bleeker, 1851)
synonymTeuthis nebulosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
synonymTeuthis oramin (non Schneider, 1801)
synonymTeuthis tumifrons (Valenciennes, 1835)
synonymTeuthys nebulosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
synonymTheutis margaritifera (Valenciennes, 1835)
🗒 Common Names
No Data
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Marine
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
Contributors 
Thomas Vattakaven
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 7; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 13
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    Description
    Body olive green or brown above, silvery below; fish frequently with a dark patch below origin of lateral line. Adults become mottled when frightened. Slender, pungent, venomous spines. Preopercular angle 89°-95°. Lower half to 2/3 of cheeks commonly covered with weak, scattered scales. Midline of thorax between pelvic ridges. Differs from S. argenteus in details of coloration and less deeply forked tail .
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Life Cycle
    In Belau, ripe individuals form prespawning congregations of 30-60 individuals in shoal areas of inner reef flats; spawning occurs on the 4th or 5th day of the new moon; spawning sites are near reef edge. About 300,000 eggs/female at a single spawning. Individuals that spawn in consecutive yrs. " that 2+ yr. class fish could spawn more than once in a single season. Aug (Ref 1754) in Belau.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    Migration
    Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
    Size
    Max Length

    40 TL (male) 

    Size

    40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Woodland, D. 1997 Siganidae. Spinefoots, rabbitfishes. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Western Central Pacific.
    Trophic Strategy
    Feeds almost continually during daylight and settles at night to sleep. At Heron Is., the young adults at the water"quot;s edge under the lip of the beachrock pavement; older adults against the bases of coral clumps on outer reef flat. A sleeping fish adopt a camouflage pattern . Aggregates in March, April and May to spawn . Also Ref. 58534.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    Diseases
    Ascaridatosis (adult and juvenile). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Gyliauchen Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Hexangium Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ; Hurleytrematoides Infestation 14. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Shih, H.-H. and M.-S. Jeng 2002 Hysterothylacium aduncum (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infecting a herbivorous fish Siganus fuscescens, off the Taiwanese coast of the northwest Pacific. Zool. Stud. 41(2):208-215. $
    2. Nahhas, F.M. and A. Grewal 1999 Digenetic trematodes from marine fishes of Fiji: Subfamily Hurleytrematinae (family Monorchiidae): A review and description of four new species of Hurleytrematoides. p.617-631. In: Seret B. and J.-Y. Sire (eds.) Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997. Paris: Soc. Fr. Ichtyol.
    3. Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome. $
    No Data
    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat
    Habitat reef-associated; oceanodromous ; brackish; marine; depth range ? - 50 m
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Woodland, D. 1997 Siganidae. Spinefoots, rabbitfishes. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Western Central Pacific.
    Description
    Remark

    Andaman Is. 

    Occurrence

    native 

    Distribution

    Western Pacific: southern Korea, southern Japan, ?Ogasawara Islands, Taiwan, southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Andaman Islands, Indonesia, Philippines, Yap, Palau, Pohnpei (Caroline Islands), Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Australia. Often misidentified as Siganus canaliculatus .

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    No Data
    📚 Occurrence
    No Data
    📚 Demography and Conservation
    Conservation Status
    Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    No Data
    📚 Uses and Management
    Uses
    fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4616, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Del Norte, A.G.C. and D. Pauly 1990 Virtual population estimates of monthly recruitment and biomass of rabbitfish, Siganus fuscescens off Bolinao, Northern Philippines. p. 851-854. In: R. Hirano and I. Hanyu (eds.) The Second Asian Fisheries Forum, Asian Fisheries Society, Manila, Philippines. 991 p. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    No Data
    📚 Information Listing
    References
    Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    Overview > Diagnostic > Description
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    Natural History > Life Cycle
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    Natural History > Migration
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
    Natural History > Size
    1. Woodland, D. 1997 Siganidae. Spinefoots, rabbitfishes. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Western Central Pacific.
    Natural History > Trophic Strategy
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    Natural History > Diseases
    1. Shih, H.-H. and M.-S. Jeng 2002 Hysterothylacium aduncum (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infecting a herbivorous fish Siganus fuscescens, off the Taiwanese coast of the northwest Pacific. Zool. Stud. 41(2):208-215. $
    2. Nahhas, F.M. and A. Grewal 1999 Digenetic trematodes from marine fishes of Fiji: Subfamily Hurleytrematinae (family Monorchiidae): A review and description of four new species of Hurleytrematoides. p.617-631. In: Seret B. and J.-Y. Sire (eds.) Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997. Paris: Soc. Fr. Ichtyol.
    3. Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome. $
    Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Woodland, D. 1997 Siganidae. Spinefoots, rabbitfishes. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Western Central Pacific.
    Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
    1. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
    Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    Uses and Management > Uses
    1. Del Norte, A.G.C. and D. Pauly 1990 Virtual population estimates of monthly recruitment and biomass of rabbitfish, Siganus fuscescens off Bolinao, Northern Philippines. p. 851-854. In: R. Hirano and I. Hanyu (eds.) The Second Asian Fisheries Forum, Asian Fisheries Society, Manila, Philippines. 991 p. Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p.
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    📚 Meta data
    No Data
    🐾 Taxonomy
    RootRoot
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassActinopterygii
    OrderPerciformes
    FamilySiganidae
    GenusSiganus
    SpeciesSiganus fuscescens (Houttuyn 1782)
    📊 Temporal Distribution
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