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Siganus guttatus (Bloch, 1787) 
AphiaID: 273913

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Siganidae (Family) > Siganus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Siganus Forsskål, 1775
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphacanthus concatenatus Valenciennes, 1835
Amphacanthus firmamentum Valenciennes, 1835
Amphacanthus guttatus (Bloch, 1787)
Chaetodon guttatus Bloch, 1787
Siganus concatenatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Siganus concatinatus (Valenciennes, 1835) (misspelling)
Teuthis concatenata (Valenciennes, 1835)
Teuthis guttata (Bloch, 1787)
Theutis concatenata (Valenciennes, 1835) (misspelling)
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Host of  Lepeophtheirus sigani Ho, I.H. Kim, Cruz & Nagasawa, 2004 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudocaligus uniartus Ho, I.H. Kim, Cruz & Nagasawa, 2004 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus quadratus Shiino, 1954 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus rotundicorpus Jones J.B. & Hine, 1983 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273913
Taxonomic
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Siganus guttatus (Bloch, 1787). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273913 on 2013-05-23
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