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Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

To FishBase images (<i>Siganus spinus</i>, Philippines, by Greenfield, J.)
To FishBase images (Siganus spinus, Philippines, by Greenfield, J.)

219689  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219689)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Acanthuriformes (Order)
  11. Siganidae (Family)
  12. Siganus (Genus)
  13. Siganus spinus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sparus spinus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219689 on 2025-07-15
Date
action
by
1998-03-17 09:58:11Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Sparus spinus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Amphacanthus guamensis Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details] 

original description (of Amphacanthus scaroides Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental V-X. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> 4 (2): 243-302. [details] 

original description (of Amphacanthus marmoratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details] 

original description (of Teuthis striolata Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details] 

original description (of Amphacanthus tumifrons Valenciennes, 1835) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1835). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines.</em> v. 10: i-xxiv + 1-482 + 2 pp., Pls. 280-306. [details] 

basis of record Grove, S . J.; Little, M. C.; Reay, P. J. (1986). Tudor Creek Mombasa: the early life-history stages of fish and prawns 1985. <em>Report of Overseas Development Administration Research Project R3888.</em> [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (HKRMS) Situ Y.Y. and Sadovy Y.J. (2004) A preliminary study on local species diversity and seasonal composition in a Hong Kong wet market. Asian Fisheries Science 17: 235-248 [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Japanese アミアイゴ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Siganus tumifrons (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Siganus marmoratus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Teuthis marmorata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Teuthis striolata Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Amphacanthus marmoratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Amphacanthus striolatus (Günther, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Amphacanthus guamensis Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Teuthis tumifrons (Valenciennes, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Amphacanthus tumifrons Valenciennes, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sparus spinus Osbeck, 1757)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sparus spinus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Siganus striolatus (Günther, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Amphacanthus scaroides Bleeker, 1853)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siganus spinus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Siganus marmorata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Siganus marmoratus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus spinus Osbeck, 1757)
To FishBase (from synonym Siganus striolatus (Günther, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Amphacanthus striolatus (Günther, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis marmorata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825))
To FishBase (from synonym Sigamus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Amphacanthus tumifrons Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis striolata Günther, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Amphacanthus guamensis Valenciennes, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus spinus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Amphacanthus marmoratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Amphacanthus scaroides Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Teuthis tumifrons (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase (from synonym Siganus tumifrons (Valenciennes, 1835))
To FishBase 
To FishBase images (Siganus spinus, Philippines, by Greenfield, J.) 
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 66 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siganus spinus FIN034265 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Siganus spinus FIN034266 Slide 120 mm) 
To ITIS
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