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Siganidae
Goldspotted spinefoot
Siganus punctatus
Schools Give Way to Adult Pairs
Goldspotted spinefoot is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Siganidae
- Genus
- Siganus
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: fringe of the eastern sector of the Indian Ocean, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Gulf of Thailand, South China Sea, Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Mariana Islands, Palau (Belau), Caroline Islands, Kapingamarangi Islands, Nauru and Niue. The species is replaced by its sibling, Siganus stellatus , in the Andaman Sea and regions which are located further west.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

