Blackeye rabbitfish
(Siganus puelloides)
General data
The blackeye rabbitfish has 13 spines and 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin has 7 spines and 9 soft rays. There is a forward pointing spine which is embedded in the nape. It has a deeply forked caudal fin.
This species attains a maximum total length of 31 cm (12 in).
The colour is light blue on the upper body and silvery on the lower body. The head body and the caudal peduncle are covered in yellow spots, those on the upper body are round but on the lower body they merge into lines. There is a brown band that runs across the chin.
The blackeye rabbitfish is found in the tropical Indian Ocean. It is found in the Seychelles, the Maldives, the Andaman Islands and the Andaman Sea coasts of Myanmar and Thailand. It occurs at depths between 1 and 20 m (3 ft 3 in and 65 ft 7 in) in coral reef lagoons and on outer reefs.
