Scientific Name	Siganus punctatissimus   Pronounce			by: Kwang-Tsao Shao
Author	Fowler & Bean, 1929	Depth	3 - 30M
Chinese	暗體臭肚魚	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	臭肚魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F467　Siganidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑身籃子魚
Max Length	30 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	臭肚、象魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Masinloc Bay, Zambales, Philippines
Synonyms	Siganus punctattissimus, Siganus sp., Siganus sutor, Teuthis sutor
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Fowler, H.W. etc. 1929 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List
Common Name	Peppered spinefoot; Peppered rabbitfish; Spinefoot; Finespotted rabbitfish; Fine-spotted rabbitfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays XIII,10 ; anal-fin rays VII,9; pectoral-fin rays16.Head and body dark chocolate brown with purplish hue; iris pale rose-brown, white spotted. Spines stout, pungent, venomous. Preopercular angle 93°-109°. Cheeks completely scaled. Midline of thorax scaled; a row of scales absent along pelvic ridges. Anterior nostril with low rim; expanded posteriorly into a broad flap, reaching halfway to posterior nostril.
habitats	Inhabits lagoon and channel reefs. Usually seen in pairs. Feed on benthic seaweeds.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Southern Ryukyu Islands, Palau, Philippines, northern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, northern Queensland and reefs off northwestern Western Australia.
Utility	Minor commercial fisheries species.