‹ Fish Finder· #500
Little Spinefoot
Siganus spinus
Bislamapiko— names this kind of animal, not this species alone
- Habitat
- Reef
- Max size
- 28 cm
- Depth
- 1-20 m
- Family
- Siganidae
Siganus spinus, the little spinefoot, scribbled rabbitfish, blunt-nosed spinefoot, spiny rabbitfish, or spiny spinefoot, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Easily confused with
Side by side, with what tells them apart.
Two brownish rabbitfish of shallow reef flats, both with venomous fin spines. Mottled Spinefoot is olive-green to brown, silvery below, sprinkled with small pale blue spots and often a dark patch where the lateral line begins; it turns mottled only when asleep or alarmed, and reaches 40 cm. Little Spinefoot is covered all over in a maze of thin brown lines that runs onto the fins, has four or five pale bars on the tail base, and stays under 28 cm.
See the Mottled Spinefoot →
Both rabbitfish are covered in a maze of wavy lines. Little Spinefoot is small, under 28 cm, with thin brown lines on a pale body that run onto the fins, and four or five pale bars on the tail base. Vermiculated Spinefoot is deep-bodied and larger, to 45 cm, its grey and white maze set off by a brownish to golden-yellow head with blue lines; its young live among mangroves.
See the Vermiculated Spinefoot →