Gold-Spotted Rabbitfish

Scientific Name: Siganus punctatus
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Pale brown to blue with pattern of close-set dark-edged brown to orange spots; may display pale saddle on tail base, large dark spot behind gill cover.
Favourite: In pairs.
Hide-out: Coral areas in 1-40m.
Location: East Indo-West Pacific - Cocos-Keeling Is. to Sumatra in Indonesia, Micronesia and Samoa. S.W. Japan to W.&E. Australia and New Caledonia.

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