Black Rabbitfish (species: Siganus fuscescens) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Siganus fuscescens
Black Rabbitfish


©Renato Morais: Siganus fuscescens near Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Siganidae
Genus Siganus
Species Siganus fuscescens

Colours

              

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

Web resources

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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