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title: "Dusky Spinefoot"
description: "Siganus luridus — Vissen. The dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus), also known as the squaretail rabbitfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/dusky-spinefoot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dusky Spinefoot

> Siganus luridus — Vissen. The dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus), also known as the squaretail rabbitfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae.

- Scientific name: *Siganus luridus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2166
- Wikidata: [Q2289387](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2289387)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120634](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120634)

## Names

- en: Dusky Spinefoot
- de: Brauner Kaninchenfisch
- fr: Sigan sombre

## Countries with the most observations

GR (1579), EG (247), TR (76), CY (48), IL (29), KE (10), MT (9), IT (8), SA (6), SY (4)

## Summary

The dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus), also known as the squaretail rabbitfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is native to the western Indian Ocean which has spread to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal (Lessepsian migration). Its fin spines contain venom. It is regarded as a food fish.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100856990

## Machine access

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