Siganus canaliculatus (Park 1797)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 297

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5582175
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1577035E-812C-FE8F-EDFC-CFD719B20C93
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Siganus canaliculatus (Park 1797)
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Siganus canaliculatus (Park 1797) View in CoL —White-spotted rabbitfish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kavieng, New Ireland as Teuthis oramin by Duncker & Mohr (1929: 74), based on ZMH 16273. Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005, and by Barry C. Russell during 7–28 June 2014.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Persian Gulf east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. In aggregations in seagrass beds, 1–4 m depth. Marine.