Species FAO code: SRI

Siganus rivulatus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Croatia	hr bodljikava mramornica	–
Cyprus	el κουρκούνα άσπρη	–
Sweden	sv Marmorerad sigan	–

Main production methods

Caught
Farmed

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775

Habitat

Saltwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775

Scientific name

Siganus rivulatus

Author

Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775

Rank

Species

FAO code

SRI

Morphological description

Upper body gray, green or brownish, silvery below; iris iridescent silver or golden. Body color patterns extend to the fins. Spines slender, pungent and venomous. Preopercular angle 88°-96°; cheeks scaled; midline of thorax, isthmus and midline of belly without scales. Frightened fish become mottled or with 6 diagonal zones across side. Tip of broad-based flap of anterior nostril reaching at least halfway to orifice of posterior nostril.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilySiganidae
    - GenusSiganus
      - SpeciesSiganus rivulatus

Synonyms

Scarus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775
Teuthis rivulatus (Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775)
Siganus siganus (Forsskål, 1775)
Teuthis sigana (Forsskål, 1775)
Amphacanthus sigan Klunzinger, 1871
Teuthis rivulata (Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775)
Scarus siganus Forsskål, 1775
Teuthis sigan (Klunzinger, 1871)
Teuthis siganus (Forsskål, 1775)
Amphacanthus siganus (Forsskål, 1775)
Amphacanthus rivulata (Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775

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Siganus rivulatus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central