Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Paired adults live around rocks and coral reefs and feed on sessile colonial tunicates, monaxonid sponges, and benthic algae.
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Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)
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Distribution
Indian Ocean: Maldives and the Similan Islands.
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Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 7; Analsoft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 1
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Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1419&speccode=4456
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Size
Max. size
31.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710))
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
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Diagnostic Description
Pale bluish dorsally, silvery white below; iris with a bluish cast. Preopercular angle 107°-110°; cheeks covered with overlapping scales; midline of thorax including pelvic ridges fully scaled. Rim of anterior nostril expanded posteriorly into a very short pointed peak. Spines stout, pungent and venomous.
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Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)
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Type Information
Paratype for Siganus puelloides Woodland & Randall
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Randall
Year Collected: 1979
Locality: Andaman Sea: Similan Islands (Thailand), NW of Phuket; Ko Miang Is.; W Side of Unnamed Bay (Anchorage), Thailand, Pacific
Depth (m): 4
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Randall
Year Collected: 1979
Locality: Andaman Sea: Similan Islands (Thailand), NW of Phuket; Ko Miang Is.; W Side of Unnamed Bay (Anchorage), Thailand, Pacific
Depth (m): 4
- Paratype: Woodland, D. J. & Randall, J. E. 1979. Copeia. 1979 (3): 390.
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Ecology
Habitat
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): 28.575 - 28.575
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.196 - 0.196
Salinity (PPS): 32.768 - 32.768
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.486 - 4.486
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.192 - 0.192
Silicate (umol/l): 2.942 - 2.942
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 4 - 4
Temperature range (°C): 28.575 - 28.575
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.196 - 0.196
Salinity (PPS): 32.768 - 32.768
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.486 - 4.486
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.192 - 0.192
Silicate (umol/l): 2.942 - 2.942
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Depth: 1 - 30m.
From 1 to 30 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated. Paired adults live around rocks and coral reefs and feed on sessile colonial tunicates, monaxonid sponges, and benthic algae.
From 1 to 30 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated. Paired adults live around rocks and coral reefs and feed on sessile colonial tunicates, monaxonid sponges, and benthic algae.
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Environment
reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 9710)
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
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Trophic Strategy
Adults live in pairs.
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Woodland, D.J. 1990 Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pacific Fishes (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1419&speccode=4456
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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