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Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > 
Siganidae (Rabbitfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Siganus: Latin, siganus = a fish, rabbit fish; by the similarity of the nose (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Forsskål.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / نطاق العمق / distribution range					
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					بحري مرتبطة بالشعاب;  نطاق العمق 1 - ? m (Ref. 9710), usually 5 - 30 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 30°N -   35°S				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Indian Ocean:  Red Sea and East Africa to the Andaman Sea.
				
				
			
			
				
					الحجم / وزن / العمر
				
				
				
					النضج: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 40.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 4407); common length : 35.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 9813)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع) : 13; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 10; شوكة شرجية: 7; أشعه شرجية لينه: 9; فقرات: 13. Indian Ocean subspecies.  S. s. laqueus greyish green with head and body covered with chocolate brown spots; in S. s. stellatus, background color is yellowish.  Trailing edges of soft parts of dorsal and anal fins, perimeter of caudal fin and a saddle over the caudal peduncle are markedly paler than the rest.  Silvery iris, tinted brown or green, with 10 equally spaced spots.  Spines stout; pungent only in juveniles.  Preopercular angle 92°-103°.  Strong scales cover the cheeks.  Usually midline of thorax fully scaled, but pelvic ridges sometimes without scales.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Common in coral reefs; juveniles enter weedy estuaries (Ref. 4407).  Juveniles and subadults form schools, adults in pairs.  Adults feed on benthic seaweeds (Ref. 9813).  Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Woodland, D.J., 1990. Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pac. Fish. (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					استخدامات بشرية  				
				
				
					مصائد: تجاري; حوض مائي: تجاري				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (مرجع 
123201): 25.3 - 29.1, mean 28.1 °C (based on 1240 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (مرجع 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00816 - 0.02809), b=2.99 (2.83 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					مستوى غذائي  (مرجع 
69278):  2.7   ±0.30 se; based on food items.					
											
				
				
										
						المرونه  (مرجع 
120179):  عالي, الحد  الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع  أقل من 15 شهر (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 32.4 [14.9, 72.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.608 [0.294, 1.419] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [17.3, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.107 [0.055, 0.211] g/100g; Selenium = 21.5 [8.8, 53.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32.4 [9.2, 113.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.09 [0.43, 2.31] mg/100g (wet weight);