Scientific Name	Siganus punctatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Schneider & Forster, 1801)	Depth	1 - 40M
Chinese	斑臭肚魚	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	臭肚魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F467　Siganidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	斑籃子魚
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	臭肚、象魚、變身苦(臺東)、象耳(澎湖)、臭肚仔(澎湖)、羊矮仔(澎湖)、盧矮仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Singapore
Synonyms	Amphacanthus capricornensis, Amphacanthus chrysospilos, Amphacanthus guttatus, Amphacanthus hexagonatus, Amphacanthus melanospilos, Amphacanthus punctatus, Amphacanthus stellatus, Harpurus inermis, Hepatus concatenatus, Siganas hexagonata, Siganus capricornensis, Siganus chrysospilos, Siganus chrysospilus ...all 28..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055158. ASIZP0055991. ASIZP0057542. ASIZP0057652. FRIP01038. FRIP21315. FRIP21731. FRIP22228. NMMBP04905. NMMBP06551. NMMBP06655.
Common Name	Yellowspotted spinefoot; Spotted spinefoot; Spinefoot; Goldspotted spinefoot; Gold-spotted spinefoot; Gold-spotted rabbitfish; Goldspotted rabbitfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays XIII,10 ; anal-fin rays VII,9; pectoral-fin rays16-18. Body depth 1.9-2.3 times in standard length; dorsal profile of head straight; snout 1.9 -2.1 in head; caudal fin of adults deeply forked; blue, the head, body, and caudal fin with numerous small close-set dark-edged orange spots; a faint dark spot about as large eye sometimes apparent behind upper end of gill opening; more than a few meters away this fish appears uniform dark brown under water, though it can display a pale saddle-like spot anteriorly on caudal peduncle.
habitats	Adults tend to swim together as pair, usually on reefs. Feed on benthic seaweeds.
Distribution	Western Pacific, east to islands of Micronesia and Samoa, west to West Australia and Cocos-Keeling island. Taiwan: South.
Utility	Commercial fisheries species.