Golden-lined spinefoot
| Golden-lined spinefoot | |
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| At Lizard Island, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Siganidae |
| Genus: | Siganus |
| Species: | S. lineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Siganus lineatus Valenciennes, 1835)
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The golden-lined spinefoot (Siganus lineatus) is a species of rabbitfish. Like all rabbitfishes, it has venomous spines on the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins. The maximum length is 43 cm (17 in). It is a common, commercially important fish. This reef associated species inhabits waters at depths from 0 to 25 m (0 to 82 ft).[1] It is found in the tropical Western Pacific and along the coasts of northern Australia. A disjunct population found in the northern Indian Ocean was formerly included in this species, but in 2014 it was described as a separate species, S. insomnis.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Siganus lineatus" in FishBase. March 2015 version.
- ^ Woodland, D.J.; & Anderson, R.C. (2014). Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Zootaxa 3811(1): 129–136.
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