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Siganus insomnis Bronze-lined rabbitfish

Siganus insomnis is commonly referred to as Bronze-lined rabbitfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.


Profilbild Urheber Zootaxa

Foto: Komandoo Island, Lhavyani Atoll, Malediven

Foto: Dieter Grage Tiere ca. 35cm lang
Courtesy of the author Zootaxa

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lexID:
10977 
AphiaID:
835170 
Scientific:
Siganus insomnis 
German:
Kaninchenfisch 
English:
Bronze-lined Rabbitfish 
Category:
Kaninfisk  
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Siganidae (Family) > Siganus (Genus) > insomnis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Woodland & Anderson, 2014 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, India, Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka 
Size:
up to 13.78" (35 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Herbivorous, Sea weed 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-08-15 09:47:31 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Siganus insomnis has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Siganus insomnis in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Siganus insomnis. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Woodland & Anderson, 2014

Source:
Description of a new species of rabbitfish (Perciformes: Siganidae) from southern India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3811.1.8, 2014

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Acanthuroidei (Suborder) > Siganidae (Family) > Siganus (Genus) > Siganus insomnis (Species)

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