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Genus Family: Siganidae 🍽️ 15 Edible 🎣 1 Game Fish ⚠️ 24 Venomous

Siganus

Species
29
Max Length
53 cm
Max Weight
2.4 kg
Max Lifespan
2 yrs
Avg Trophic
2.34
Threatened
—

🔬 Taxonomic Classification

Class
Teleostei
Order
Acanthuriformes
Family
Siganidae
Genus
Siganus

🐟 Species in Genus Siganus

29 total
Barhead spinefoot
Siganus virgatus
LC 🌊 Marine Venomous
Barred spinefoot
Siganus doliatus
LC 🌊 Marine Venomous
Bicolored foxface
Siganus uspi
NT 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Black foxface
Siganus niger
VU 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Blackeye rabbitfish
Siganus puelloides
LC 🌊 Marine Venomous
Blotched foxface
Siganus unimaculatus
DD 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Blue-spotted spinefoot
Siganus corallinus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Bronze-lined rabbitfish.
Siganus insomnis
LC 🌊 Marine
Brown-spotted spinefoot
Siganus stellatus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Dusky spinefoot
Siganus luridus
LC 🌊 Marine Venomous
Foxface
Siganus vulpinus
LC 🌊 Marine Venomous
Golden-lined spinefoot
Siganus lineatus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Goldlined spinefoot
Siganus guttatus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Goldspotted spinefoot
Siganus punctatus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Labyrinth spinefoot
Siganus labyrinthodes
DD 🌊 Marine Venomous
Little spinefoot
Siganus spinus
LC 🌊 Marine Venomous
Magnificent rabbitfish
Siganus magnificus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible
Marbled spinefoot
Siganus rivulatus
LC 🌊 Marine Venomous
Masked Rabbitfish
Siganus puellus
LC 🌊 Marine Venomous
Mottled spinefoot
Siganus fuscescens
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Game Venomous
Peppered spinefoot
Siganus punctatissimus
LC 🌊 Marine
Shoemaker spinefoot
Siganus sutor
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous
Siganus Woodlandi
Siganus woodlandi
LC 🌊 Marine
Streaked spinefoot
Siganus javus
LC 🌊 Marine Edible Venomous

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🌊 Marine
29

🛡️ Conservation Status

LC
Least Concern 25
Near Threatened 1
Vulnerable 1
Data Deficient 2

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Kenya
7 spp.
Mauritius
5 spp.
Seychelles
4 spp.
Comoros
2 spp.
Tanzania
2 spp.
Mozambique
2 spp.
Djibouti
1 spp.
Marshall Islands
1 spp.
China
1 spp.
Syria
1 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
50 m