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Siganus corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835)

To FishBase images (<i>Siganus corallinus</i>, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Siganus corallinus, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)

219690  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219690)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Acanthuriformes (Order)
  11. Siganidae (Family)
  12. Siganus (Genus)
  13. Siganus corallinus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amphacanthus corallinus Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details] 
Description Occurs in coral-rich areas of lagoons. Juveniles tend to live in small schools in shallow seagrass beds and reefs; often...  
Description Occurs in coral-rich areas of lagoons. Juveniles tend to live in small schools in shallow seagrass beds and reefs; often found among @Acropora@ corals. Adults usually in pairs on shallow coral reefs and feed on benthic algae. A foodfish that is occasionally poisonous (Ref. 4537). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Siganus corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219690 on 2025-06-07
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Amphacanthus tetrazona Bleeker, 1855) Bleeker, P. (1855). Zevende bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 8 (no. 3): 435-444. [details] 

original description (of Teuthis teuthopsis De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 453-462.
page(s): 462 [details] 

original description (of Amphacanthus corallinus Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Occurs in coral-rich areas of lagoons. Juveniles tend to live in small schools in shallow seagrass beds and reefs; often found among @Acropora@ corals. Adults usually in pairs on shallow coral reefs and feed on benthic algae. A foodfish that is occasionally poisonous (Ref. 4537). [details]
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LanguageName 
English blue-spotted spinefoot  [details]
Japanese サンゴアイゴ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Teuthis corallina (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amphacanthus tetrazona Bleeker, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Teuthis studeri Peters, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Amphacanthus corallinus Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Teuthis tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Teuthis teuthopsis De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Teuthis corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Siganus tetrazonus (Bleeker, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Amphacanthus corallinus Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Teuthis corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siganus corallinus) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Amphacanthus tetrazona Bleeker, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Amphacanthus corallinus Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Siganus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Siganus tetrazonus (Bleeker, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis studeri Peters, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis corallina (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase (from synonym Siganus corallins (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis teuthopsis De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Siganus corallines (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase images (Siganus corallinus, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.) 
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 27 proteins) 
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Amphacanthus corallinus Valenciennes, 1835)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Siganus corallins (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siganus corallinus USNM 424720 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siganus corallinus USNM 435566 photograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Siganus corallinus</i>, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Siganus corallinus, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siganus corallinus USNM 424720 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siganus corallinus USNM 424720 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siganus corallinus USNM 435566 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siganus corallinus USNM 435566 photograph lateral view)
Hosted externally
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