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white-spotted spinefoot (Siganus canaliculatus)
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white-spotted spinefoot (Siganus canaliculatus) specimen
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Siganidae

white-spotted spinefoot

Siganus canaliculatus

Siganid Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters

  • Blue
  • White
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • West Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

white-spotted spinefoot is a fish of Indo-West Pacific. The largest recorded length is 40 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Family
Siganidae
Genus
Siganus
Maximum length
40 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Cambodia, Viet Nam, south China, Taiwan and Western Australia. Also known from Ryukyu Islands; Palau and Yap in Micronesia (Ref. 1602 ) and Melanesia (Ref. 712 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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