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Doctor Fish
Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Acanthuriformes » family Siganidae - rabbitfishes » genus Siganus

Scientific synonyms

Centrogaster fuscescens Houttuyn, 1782
Teuthis fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
Amphacanthus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
Amphacanthus albopunctatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Siganus albopunctatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Teuthis albopunctata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Amphacanthus aurantiacus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Siganus concavocephalus Paradice, 1927
Amphacanthus concavocephalus (Paradice, 1927)
Siganus consobrinus Ogilby, 1912

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Other names

= Black Spinefoot
= Dusky Rabbitfish
= Dusky Spinefoot
= Fuscescens Rabbitfish
= Fuscous Spinefoot
= Mottled Spinefoot
= Pinspotted Spinefoot

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IUCN category:	Least Concern

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Author: Michal Černý

Links and literature

FishBase [4616]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/25123]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [69689554]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)]
Data retrieved on: 2 August 2018

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