Siganus insomnis

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Bronze-lined spinefoot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Siganidae
Genus: Siganus
Species:
S. insomnis
Binomial name
Siganus insomnis

Siganus insomnis (bronze-lined spinefoot) is a species of rabbitfish. Like all rabbitfishes, it has venomous spines on the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins. It is a new species of rabbitfish[1] that can be found from North Indian Ocean around Sri Lanka, and Southern India and Maldives. [2]

References

  1. ^ http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-new-species-of-rabbitfish-from.html
  2. ^ Woodland, D.J. & Anderson, R.C. (2014): Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Zootaxa, 3811 (1): 129–136.