Black Rabbitfish (species: Siganus fuscescens) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Siganus fuscescens
Black Rabbitfish


©Renato Morais: Siganus fuscescens near Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Siganidae
Genus Siganus
Species Siganus fuscescens

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 32 cm (length according to Allen et al, 2003)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Other references

  • Nolan, M.J. and T.H. Cribb (2006). Cardicola Short, 1953 and Braya n.gen. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from five families of tropical Ind0-Pacific fishes, Zootaxa, 1265: 1-80. LIRS catalog number 1000.
  • Nolan, M. J., T.L. Miller, S.C. Cutmore, C. Cantacessi and T.H. Cribb (2014). Cardicola beveridgei n. sp. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from the mangrove jack, Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae), and C. bullardi n. sp. from the Australian spotted mackerel, Scomberomorus munroi (Perciformes: Scombridae), from the north, Parasitology International, 63: 735-745. LIRS catalog number 1809.
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