#2219 · 🐟 fish
Rivulated Rabbitfish
🇳🇱 Draakvis ·Siganus rivulatus
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what is it?
Siganus rivulatus , the marbled spinefoot , rivulated rabbitfish or surf parrotfish , is a gregarious, largely herbivorous ray-finned fish of the family Siganidae. Its natural range encompasses the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea from where it colonised the Mediterranean Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal. It is the type species of the genus Siganus .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,297 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Peter Forsskål in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rivulated Rabbitfish
- Nederlands
- Draakvis
- scientific name
- Siganus rivulatus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Siganidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,229
- sightings worldwide
- 2,297
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Peter Forsskål
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Siganidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 112568, Wikidata Q2308716, GBIF 2390185, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.