''Siganus labyrinthodes'', the labyrinth spinefoot, is a little known species of marine
ray-finned fish, a
rabbitfish belonging to the
family Siganidae
Rabbitfishes or spinefoots are perciform fishes in the family Siganidae. The 29 species are in a single genus, ''Siganus''. In some now obsolete classifications, the species having prominent face stripes—colloquially called foxfaces– ...
. It is found in the eastern
Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
''Siganus labyrinthodes'' was first formally
described in 1853 as ''Teuthis javus'' by the Dutch physician and ichthyologist
Pieter Bleeker with the
type locality
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* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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given as
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
,
Java in Indonesia.
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
''labyrinthodes'' means “labyrinth like”,, Bleeker did not explain this but it may be a reference to the pattern of lines on the head and sides.
Description
''Siganus labyrinthodes'' has an oblong shaped, laterally compressed body, with a length that is around 2.5 times its depth. The caudal fin is emarginate.
Like all rabbitfishes, the
dorsal fin has 13 spines and 10 soft rays while the
anal fin
Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as se ...
has 7 spines and 9 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of .The upper body is golden red with a paler lower body
[ The head, back and flanks are marked with many slender blue lines which vary in form including ones which are undulating, reticulating, transverse and horizontal.][
]
Distribution and habitat
''Siganus labyrinthodes'' has a relatively restricted known distribution in the western central Pacific. It has been recorded only from Java and the Moluccas in Indonesia, although it may be overlooked elsewhere. It is a coastal species which is associated with reefs at depths between .[
]
Biology
''Siganus labyrinthodes'' is thought likely to aggregate in schools although pairs have been recorded on coastal reefs in shallow waters. Its teeth suggest that this species is herbivorous. The fin spines are robust and contain venom glands.[
]
References
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Siganidae
Fish described in 1853
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker