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Gold-spotted Rabbitfish

Siganus punctatus

Classification

Family
Siganidae

Siganus punctatus the goldspotted spinefoot, goldspotted rabbitfish, punctuated spinefoot, spotted rabbitfish, spotted spinefoot or yellow-spotted spinefoot, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It occurs in the Indo-West Pacific region. Taxonomy Siganus punctatus was first formally described in 1801 as Amphacanthus punctatus by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider and Johann Reinhold Forster with the type locality given as Nomuka Island in the Ha'apai Group of Tonga.

Distribution

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France · 71United States of America · 3