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title: "Dusky Rabbitfish"
description: "Siganus fuscescens — Vissen. Siganus fuscescens, the mottled spinefoot, black rabbitfish, black spinefoot, dusky rabbitfish, fuscous rabbitfish, happy moments, mi mi, pearl-spotted spinefoot, pin-spotted spinefoot, stinging bream or West Australian rabbitfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/dusky-rabbitfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dusky Rabbitfish

> Siganus fuscescens — Vissen. Siganus fuscescens, the mottled spinefoot, black rabbitfish, black spinefoot, dusky rabbitfish, fuscous rabbitfish, happy moments, mi mi, pearl-spotted spinefoot, pin-spotted spinefoot, stinging bream or West Australian rabbitfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae.

- Scientific name: *Siganus fuscescens*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2127
- Wikidata: [Q867673](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q867673)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132412](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132412)

## Names

- en: Dusky Rabbitfish
- de: Gesprenkelter Kaninchenfisch
- fr: Sigan à taches bleues

## Countries with the most observations

AU (660), HK (202), NC (125), ID (83), PH (68), CN (63), JP (59), TW (49), MY (23), SG (20), TH (17), KR (7)

## Summary

Siganus fuscescens, the mottled spinefoot, black rabbitfish, black spinefoot, dusky rabbitfish, fuscous rabbitfish, happy moments, mi mi, pearl-spotted spinefoot, pin-spotted spinefoot, stinging bream or West Australian rabbitfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siganus_fuscescens

## Photo

![Dusky Rabbitfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-rabbitfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Astrid Osborne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337157402

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dusky-rabbitfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).