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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Siganidae (Rabbitfishes)
Etymology: Siganus: Latin, siganus = a fish, rabbit fish; by the similarity of the nose (Ref. 45335); woodlandi: Named for David J. Woodland of the University of New England, New South Wales, in recognition for his systematic research on Siganidae.
Eponymy: Dr David John Woodland of the School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England, New South Wales, is an Australian ichthyologist and a specialist in the Siganidae (rabbitfishes). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Randall & Kulbicki.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 15 m (Ref. 55950). Subtropical

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Western Pacific: New Caledonia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.2 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 7; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 23. Diagnosis: Pectoral rays 17-18. Scale rows above the lateral line 20-23. Gill rakers 6-7 + 17-18. Body depth 2.35-2.4 in SL; head length 4.1-4.4 in SL; snout length 2.4-2.6 in HL; longest dorsal spine 2.05-2.1 in HL. Dorsal profile of head from above front of eye to tip of recumbent dorsal spine concave. Caudal fin deeply emarginate, caudal concavity 1.35 in HL. The head and body light blue in life, with many small pale yellowish spots and very irregular narrow yellow bands, resulting in a fine reticular pattern for most of head and body (Ref. 55950).

Presumably feeding on zooplankton, but may only be opportunistic. Digestive tract of type specimen filled with benthic algae (Ref. 55950).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Woodland, David J. | Collaborators

Randall, J.E. and M. Kulbicki, 2005. Siganus woodlandi, new species of rabbitfish (Siganidae) from New Caledonia. Cybium 29(2):185-189. (Ref. 55950)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2015

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00642 - 0.03257), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).

Siganus woodlandi Randall & Kulbicki, 2005