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Bronze-lined rabbitfish.
Siganus insomnis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bronze-lined rabbitfish.
- Scientific
- Siganus insomnis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Siganidae (rabbitfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 35 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A deep-bodied rabbitfish with parallel bronze stripes running the length of the body, reaching about 35 cm. It schools over coral and rocky reefs and seagrass.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Siganus-insomnis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Siganus_insomnis,_Raa_Atoll,_Maldives_imported_from_iNatura
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.