Foxface Rabbitfish

The Foxface Rabbitfish belongs to the family Siganidae. These ray-finned fish can be found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, near coral rich areas of lagoons.

The Foxface Rabbitfish has distinctive physical features. The body is elongated and compressed, growing up to 10 in. Their face also has an elongated snout that has an indent in-between the snout and the eyes. The main color of the Foxface Rabbitfish is that bright yellow on the back part with white on its head and a little of the front part. The noticeable black you see is placed in two spots. The first black area is a diagonal band that starts at the base of the dorsal fin, through the eyes to the mouth. The breast is then covered by a large black triangle. In threatening situations, the Foxface can camouflage by changing color to a dark brown.

This species of bony fish has more spines on them than others do. The Foxface has 13 spines on their dorsal fin and 9 on their anal fin. Pretty as they may be, these spines are venomous and will deliver a painful sting (remember, PPP).

What’s cool about this fish is that they too mate for life! Once they reach adult age, these fish will either live a solitary life (they become very territorial) or mate with one fish until that one perishes but they will find a new mate to continue the cycle.

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This is a school of juvenile Foxface Rabbitfish. Since the adult fish live solitary life, or mated life, the juveniles create these school to help protect each other. They will seek shelter in the cervices of coral until they become an adult and leave the school.