Bicolored foxface
| Bicolored foxface | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Siganidae |
| Genus: | Siganus |
| Species: | S. uspi |
| Binomial name | |
| Siganus uspi Gawel & Woodland, 1974 | |
The bicolored foxface, Siganus uspi, is a rabbitfish found at reefs off Fiji in the Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) in length.
It was described by Michael J. Gawel after the University of the South Pacific.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Siganus uspi" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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