Orange-spotted spinefoot

The orange-spotted spinefoot (Siganus guttatus), also known as the deepbody spinefoot, gold-saddle rabbitfish, golden rabbitfish, golden-spotted spinefoot, goldlined spinefoot or yellowblotch spinefoot, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.

Distribution

The orange-spotted spinefoot has a wide Indo-West Pacific range which extends from the Andaman Islands and the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra to West Papua, north as far as the southern Ryukyu Islands. It is uncommon in Palau and has been recorded from Yap. They are found to depths of 35 m (115 ft) in shallow coastal waters where they inhabit reefs and mangroves and can tolerate a wide variety of salinities.