Rivulated Rabbitfish
Siganus rivulatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,081
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Siganus rivulatus, the marbled spinefoot, rivulated rabbitfish or surf parrotfish, is a gregarious, largely herbivorous ray-finned fish of the family Siganidae. Its natural range encompasses the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea from where it colonised the Mediterranean Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal. It is the type species of the genus Siganus.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Siganus rivulatus”.