White-Spotted Rabbitfish

Scientific Name: Siganus canaliculatus
Family: Rabbitfishes - Siganidae
Maximum Size: 29cm
Identification: Greenish to yellow-brown with numerous bluish white spots (change to mottled pattern when resting on bottom); often dark spot behind upper gill opening.
Favourite: Form aggregations.
Hide-out: Most common on seagrass flats to 4m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Arabian Gulf to S. China Sea and Taiwan, south to Great Barrier Reef.