Siganidae

marbled spinefoot

Siganus rivulatus

Thirty Point Two Centimeters Siganid Fish from the Red Sea

• Blue
• Yellow
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Siganus rivulatus, the marbled spinefoot, rivulated rabbitfish or surf parrotfish, is a gregarious, largely herbivorous ray-finned fish of the family Siganidae. Its natural range encompasses the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea from where it colonised the Mediterranean Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal. It is the type species of the genus Siganus.