Orange-spotted Spinefoot

Siganus guttatus

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family: Siganidae
Genus: Siganus
Species: Siganus guttatus

The orange-spotted spinefoot (Siganus guttatus) is a rabbitfish with a silvery-blue body covered in golden-orange spots and a yellow spot at the rear of the dorsal fin.

It grows to about 40 cm and grazes on algae and seagrass, often in pairs or small groups. Its fin spines carry venom.

The orange-spotted spinefoot is found in the western Pacific, including the Philippines, where it lives in seagrass beds, mangroves and sheltered reefs.