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Lined Rabbitfish

Siganus lineatus

Classification

Family
Siganidae

The golden-lined spinefoot (Siganus lineatus), also known as the goldlined rabbitfish or lined rabbitfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the tropical Western Pacific and along the coasts of northern Australia. Taxonomy The golden-lined spinefoot was first formally described in 1835 as Amphacanthus lineatus by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with the type locality given as the Western Pacific.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 56