Strictly corallophilic, pairs living in area rich in hard coral, particularly Acropora.

Eastern Indian Ocean: off the northwestern coast of Western Australia (Ningaloo Reef complex; North West Cape; Murion Islands; Rosemary Islands, Dampier Archipelago).

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 7; Analsoft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 13

25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710))

Sides of body and fins bright yellow with orange cast; 3 chocolate brown patches on upper half of body below spinous part of dorsal fin; head, thorax, ventral margin of body, upper half of sides, and caudal peduncle with blue pinhead-sized ocelli, with deep blue margin; ocelli also present within the 3 patches; fins may be invaded basally by blue ocelli. Brown smudge running diagonally through eye; yellow lips; dusky yellow iris. Fin and nape spines fairly stout, pungent, and venomous. Midline of thorax and pelvic ridges fully scaled.

Paratype for Siganus trispilos Woodland & Allen
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): G. Allen
Year Collected: 1975
Locality: Coral Reef Off Tantabiddi Creek, North West Cape, Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia, Indian
Depth (m): 4 to 4

Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 4 - 4
  Temperature range (°C): 25.491 - 25.491
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.232 - 0.232
  Salinity (PPS): 35.070 - 35.070
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.696 - 4.696
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.172 - 0.172
  Silicate (umol/l): 3.928 - 3.928
 
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 - 5 m (Ref. 1419)

Not Evaluated