Oder Perciformes Family Siganida(Rabbitfishes,Spinefoot) Threeblotched rabbitfish Siganus trispilos(Woodland & Allen, 1977). 25.0 cm TL Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 7; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 13.
Distribution; Eastern Indian Ocean/off the northwestern coast of Western Australia(Ningaloo Reef complex; North West Cape; Murion Islands; Rosemary Islands, Dampier Archipelago). General; Sides of body and fins bright yellow with orange cast; 3 chocolate brown patches on upper half of body below spinous part of dorsal fin; head, thorax, ventral margin of body, upper half of sides, and caudal peduncle with blue pinhead-sized ocelli, with deep blue margin; ocelli also present within the 3 patches; fins may be invaded basally by blue ocelli. Brown smudge running diagonally through eye; yellow lips; dusky yellow iris. Fin and nape spines fairly stout, pungent, and venomous. Midline of thorax and pelvic ridges fully scaled. Strictly corallophilic, pairs living in area rich in hard coral, particularly Acropora.
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