Bicolored foxface
| Bicolored foxface | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Siganidae |
| Genus: | Siganus |
| Species: | S. uspi |
| Binomial name | |
| Siganus uspi Gawel & Woodland, 1974 | |
The bicolored foxface (Siganus uspi) is a rabbitfish found at coral reefs in Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) in length.[1]
It was described by Gawel and Woodland in 1974, and its scientific species name uspi refers to the University of the South Pacific (USP, with the "i" in the name being from Latinization).[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Siganus uspi" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
- ↑ Gawel, M.; and D. J. Woodland (1974). Siganus (Lo) uspi, a new species from Fiji; and a comparison with the nominal species S. vulpinus and S. unimaculatus. Copeia 1974(4): 855-861.
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