Blue-spotted spinefoot
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The blue-spotted spinefoot (Siganus corallinus), the coral rabbitfish, coral spinefoot, ocellated spinefoot or orange spinefoot is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific where it is often caught as a food fish and occasionally as an aquarium fish.
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Blue-spotted spinefoot | |
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Two colour variants: Above—Western Pacific type from Mabul Island, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Siganidae |
Genus: | Siganus |
Species: | S. corallinus |
Binomial name | |
Siganus corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835) | |
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