Blotched foxface
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Blotched foxfaces have venomous spines in their dorsal, pelvic and anal fins.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Blotched foxface
- Scientific name
- Siganus unimaculatus
- Japanese name
- ヒフキアイゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Siganidae
- Genus
- Siganus
A colorful rabbitfish that lives around the Ryukyus, Taiwan, the Philippines and northwestern Australia.
Basic data
- Diet
- Algae, sea squirts, and sponges
- Range
- Ogasawara Islands, Ryukyu Islands south of Okinawa Islands, Minamidaito Island, Taiwan, Philippines, northwestern Australia, and elsewhere
Where the Blotched foxface has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヒフキアイゴ
- 简体中文
- 单斑蓝子鱼
- 繁體中文
- 單斑藍子魚
- Deutsch
- Einfleckiges Fuchsgesicht
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-face-de-raposa-de-pinta-preta
- Italiano
- Pesce coniglio puntato
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ヒフキアイゴChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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