FB-67642 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67642 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Blenniiformes Labrisomidae Malacoctenus Malacoctenus carrowi Wirtz, 2014 Bronze-lined rabbitfish. Oora Leella Ori Siganus guttatus (non Bloch, 1787) Siganus javus (non Linnaeus, 1766) Siganus lineatus (non Valenciennes, 1835) Siganus sp. 'Sri Lankan Rabbitfish' Not applicable 2015-03-18 2015-03-18 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Woodland, D.J.0 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) Allen, G.R. and R.C. Steene0 Reef fishes of the Indian Ocean. Book 10. Pacific Marine Fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 240 p. (Ref. 1493) Woodland, D.J.0 Family Siganidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO Species Identification sheets for fishery purposes, Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Vol. 4 (Looseleaf). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 1647) Jones, S. and M. Kumaran0 Fishes of the Laccadive Archipelago. The Nature Conservation and Aquatic Sciences Service, Kerala, India. 760 p. (Ref. 6021) De Bruin, G.H.P., B.C. Russell and A. Bogusch0 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The marine fishery resources of Sri Lanka. Rome, FAO. 400 p. (Ref. 11298) Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson0 Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. (59):1-47. (Ref. 11303) Kuiter, R.H.0 Photo guide to fishes of the Maldives. Atoll Editions, Victoria, Australia. 257 p. (Ref. 30404) Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. DeLoach0 Reef fish identification - tropical Pacific. Florida, New World Publications, Inc. 480 p. (Ref. 52881) Woodland, D.J. and R.C. Anderson0 Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Zootaxa 3811(1):129-136. (Ref. 95994) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) FB-GeneralDescr-67652 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2015-04-07 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67652 Adults live in schools, usually in coral and sandstone reefs and also seagrass beds; juveniles reportedly live in large estuaries such as Negombo Lagoon (5 km x 3 km). Apparently, estuaries are an important habitat for juveniles and sub-adults, with older fish moving to coral reefs. Feeds by scraping algae from rock and coral substrates and browsing on seaweeds and sea grasses. It supplements its diet with small items of animal tissue. A report on analysis of gut contents of specimens (2 - 27 cm SL), collected by trap and seine, from lagoons and coastal areas of Sri Lanka contain diatoms, green, blue-green, red and brown algae and a seagrass. It appeared that this species have a preference for feeding during the night when percentages of gut fullness between day and night catches were compared. It appeared to be nocturnal because it was mostly seen to be inactive during the day (Ref. 95994). Woodland, D.J. and R.C. Anderson 2014 Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Zootaxa 3811(1):129-136. (Ref. 95994) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67652 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-07 00:00:00 2015-04-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67652 This deep-bodied species is distinguished from other siganids in that the whole of the sides of the body with the possible exception of the belly and a narrow strip adjacent to the base of the spinous dorsal fin (where a row of bronze spots may occur), are decorated with horizontal, parallel bronze bands extending the full length of the sides from nape and opercular slit back to and below the large yellow spot below the base of the soft dorsal fin; majority of these lines on the sides are complete (uninterrupted) along their length (Ref. 95994). Woodland, D.J. and R.C. Anderson 2014 Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Zootaxa 3811(1):129-136. (Ref. 95994) FB-Morphology-67652 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-07 00:00:00 2015-04-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67652 Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 7; Analsoft rays: 9 Woodland, D.J. and R.C. Anderson 2014 Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Zootaxa 3811(1):129-136. (Ref. 95994) FB-Distribution-67652 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67652 Indian Ocean: southern India, Sri lanka and the Maldives. Woodland, D.J. and R.C. Anderson 2014 Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Zootaxa 3811(1):129-136. (Ref. 95994) FB-Size-67652 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2015-04-07 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67652 35.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 95994)) Woodland, D.J. and R.C. Anderson 2014 Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Zootaxa 3811(1):129-136. (Ref. 95994) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67652 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-04-06 00:00:00 2015-04-07 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67652 reef-associated; marine