Mystery Fish

Can you identify this coral reef fish? Image by D. Knop/Koralle.

Hint: It’s not rare, but neither is it commonly seen. It’s part of a family that every reef aquarist should know.

Daniel Knop offers a profile of the species in the November/December 2019 CORAL (Species Spotlight).

BONUS Points: Fishbase.org and other sites say this species is endemic to Fiji. Is this correct?

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Sabine Penisson on September 27, 2019 at 4:22 pm

Hi, my guess is Siganus uspi 😉 Ive shot one about 10 years ago at the Monaco Oceanographic Museum… so original I still remember it 😉
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JOHN MARZICH on September 27, 2019 at 5:32 pm

Looks like a variety of rabbit fish
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Clarence Green on September 29, 2019 at 8:10 pm

Looks like a bunny fish
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Jeff Fortino on October 1, 2019 at 2:43 pm

Bicolor Foxface
(Siganus uspi)
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James Lawrence on October 24, 2019 at 12:54 pm

Bicolor Foxface (Siganus uspi) is correct!

Thanks everyone. See Daniel Knop’s Species Account in the November/December CORAL.
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