Whitespotted Rabbitfish
Siganus sutor
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Siganus sutor, the shoemaker spinefoot rabbitfish ,whitespotted rabbitfish or African whitespotted rabbitfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It lives in Indo-Pacific coral reefs. It is endemic to the Indian Ocean, from Indonesia to Comoros. S. sutor is one of the commercial marine fishes, which is ubiquitously caught in Tanzania and the entire East African coast of the Indian Ocean. S. sutor is among the most common fish species in the marine fisheries of Kenya, and accounts for around 40% of the artisanal fishery landings. Various fishing gears are used to target the siganids, but basket traps are the preferred ones. It is one of the mangrove/seagrass-associated coral reef fishes. This species inhabits littoral areas, and its fin spines are venomous to humans.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Siganidae
- Genus
- Siganus