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Siganus puellus (Spinefoot; Masked spinefoot; Masked rabbitfish; Maiden spinefoot; Blu-lined spinefoot; Blue-lined spinefoot; Bluelined spinefoot; Bluelined rabbitfish; Rabbitfish; Blue-lined rabbitfish)

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Language: Bikol; Carolinian; Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; French; Gela; Ilokano; Japanese; Kumak; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Marshallese; Misima-Paneati; Other; Tagalog; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The masked spinefoot (Siganus puellus), also known as decorated rabbitfish or masked rabbitfish, occurs in shallow, coral-rich areas of clear lagoons and seaward reefs of the Indo-West Pacific region at depths of 10 to 100 feet. Its body is yellow-orange dorsally grading through pale blue to white below. The body is also covered with wavy blue lines that are vertical anteriorly and horizontal posteriorly. The eyes are masked by a prominent blackish stripe that extends from the bottom of the mouth to the top of the head. As the black stripe passes the eye it becomes spotted.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthoplacatus puelli[1]
Gyliauchen nahaensis[1]

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1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0