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Common names: Alama, Balangin, Balawis
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276) and Leyte Gulf (Ref. 68980). Known from Siargao Island (Ref. 58652); Bolinao, Pangasinan (Ref. 87989), Nasugbu, Batangas (Ref. 107853), San Juan, Batangas (Ref. 107854) and Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756). Museum: AMS I.10462, 22406; CAS-SU 21593, 26175, 21589, 21590, 21591, 21592 (Ref. 1419). Taytay fish market, FRLM 12137 - 38. Also Ref. 393, 48613, 59110.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kimura, S., 1995
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Common names from other countries

Doublebar rabbitfish, Virgate rabbitfish, Balangin, ... more

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> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Siganidae (Rabbitfishes)
Etymology: Siganus: Latin, siganus = a fish, rabbit fish; by the similarity of the nose (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser; brackwasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 1 - ? m (Ref. 48637), usually 1 - 20 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 35°N - 25°S, 77°E - 154°E

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Indo-West Pacific: southern India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Thailand, southern and eastern coasts of China, Taiwan, Ryukyu, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Northern Territory in Australia.

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 9710); common length : 20.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 9813)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 13; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 10; Afterflossenstacheln: 7; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 9; Wirbelzahl: 13. A brown band running diagonally from nape to chin; another from 4th-5th dorsal spine base to pectoral fin base; ocular and shoulder bands spotted with blue; a zone of silvery yellow posterior and adjacent to the shoulder band. Preopercular angle 100°-111°; cheek scalation variable from few to almost fully scaled; midline of thorax fully scaled, sometimes with a row missing from pelvic ridges. A prominent rim or short tube encircle the anterior nostril, with a little peak on it posteriorly. Spines stout, fairly pungent and venomous.

Inhabits shallow coastal waters, around hard coral reefs and areas of sand with patches of rock and soft coral. Tolerant of murky waters. Larger juveniles and adults occur in pairs in coastal reef flats, slopes and estuaries . Small juveniles are found in mangroves and enter freshwater, moving to reefs usually in small groups among corals (Ref. 48637). Feed on benthic seaweeds (Ref. 9813).

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Woodland, D.J., 1990. Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pac. Fish. (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 July 2017

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Venomous (Ref. 4537)

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: weniger kommerziell; Aquarium: Kommerziell

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.4 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 1192 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.01036 - 0.03504), b=3.13 (2.97 - 3.29), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.7 ±0.31 se; based on food items.

Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179): hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).

Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): High.

Siganus virgatus (Valenciennes, 1835)