Foxface rabbitfish
Scientific name: Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller, 1845)
Overview
The foxface rabbitfish, also known as the foxface, black-face rabbit fish, badger fish or the common foxface is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It can be found in the aquarium trade.
From the Wikipedia article “Foxface rabbitfish”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Common names
Also known in English as Common foxface, Foxface.
Names in other languages (4)
- Chinese
- 狐篮子鱼, 狐蓝子鱼
- German
- Dachsgesicht, Fuchsgesicht, Gelbes Dachsgesicht
- Indonesian
- Semadar cicit
- Russian
- пестряк-лис
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q258544, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Foxface rabbitfish”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026