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Bicolored foxface (Siganus uspi)
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Bicolored foxface (Siganus uspi) specimen
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Siganidae

Bicolored foxface

Siganus uspi

Dark purple body ends in yellow

  • Blue
  • Tropical
  • Island endemic
  • Island endemic species
  • Local endemic species
  • Restricted distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Bicolored foxface is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and the largest recorded length is 24 cm.

Family
Siganidae
Genus
Siganus
Maximum length
24 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Western Pacific: endemic to Fiji, with strays recorded from New Caledonia.
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

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