Scientific Name	Siganus puellus   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Schlegel, 1852)	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	眼帶臭肚魚	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	臭肚魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F467　Siganidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	眼帶籃子魚
Max Length	38 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	臭肚、象魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Ternate; Ambon I.; Moluccas Is., Indonesia
Synonyms	Amphacanthus cyanotaenia, Amphacanthus hexacanthus, Amphacanthus ocularis, Amphacanthus puellus, Siganus hexacanthus, Siganus marmoratus, Siganus sevenlineatus, Siganus zoniceps, Teuthis puella
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Schlegel, H. 1852 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	FRIP01032.
Common Name	Spinefoot; Blu-lined spinefoot; Bluelined rabbitfish; Bluelined spinefoot; Blue-lined spinefoot; Masked spinefoot; Masked rabbitfish; Maiden spinefoot
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays XIII,10 ; anal-fin rays VII,9; pectoral-fin rays15-17. Body depth 2.3-2.6 times in standard length; dorsal profile of head above upper lip straight; snout 1.95-2.2 in head; caudal fin moderately forked; yellow with wavy variously broken pale blue lines which are vertical anteriorly on body and horizontal posterior to pectoral region; ventrally on body the yellow as spots on a ground colour of pale blue to white; head yellow, white posteriorly, with a diagonal dark brown band from nape through eye to chin, the part above eye with black spots; fins yellow.
habitats	Juveniles feed on filamentous algae, adults on algae, tunicates and sponges. Adults occur as pairs, generally on reefs at depths of 3–10 m.
Distribution	Western Pacific east to islands of Micronesia and west to Cocos-Keeling Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Taiwan: South.
Utility	Commercial fisheries and aquarium species.