Scientific Name	Siganus unimaculatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Evermann & Seale, 1907)	Depth	1 - 5M
Chinese	單斑臭肚魚	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	臭肚魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F467　Siganidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	單斑籃子魚
Max Length	24 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	臭肚、象魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Bacon, Sorsogon, east coast of s. Luzon I., Philippines
Synonyms	Lo unimaculatus, Lo vulpinus, Siganus vulpinus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Evermann, B. W. etc. 1907 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List
Common Name	Blotched foxface
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays XIII,10 ; anal-fin rays VII,9; pectoral-fin rays17. Color the same as in S. vulpinus except for the blackish spot posteriorly on the upper side of the body. Caudal peduncle only slightly incised. Spines stout, pungent, and venomous. Preopercular angle 109°-119°. Variable cheek squamation; usually covered with scales, 7-10 rows deep below center of orbit, occasionally a few scattered scales present below eye; a triangular area from lower edge of orbit to angle of mouth always fully scaled. Fully scaled midline of thorax.
habitats	Small juveniles occur in schools of up to a few hundred fish, larger juveniles and adults occur in pairs. Feed on seaweeds.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines, and the North West Shelf, Western Australia.
Utility	Commercial fisheries and aquarium species.