Siganidae, a new family of fishes for the Russian fauna


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Abstract

A representative of the family Siganidae, Mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens), has been found for the first time in Russian waters. It is a Pacific, subtropical-equatorial, and Asian wide-ranging species: from the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and Japan to Papua New Guinea and Australia. In September 2013, it was collected in Far Eastern State Marine Reserve, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, near Ostrovok Fal’shivyi Cape (42°26′ N, 130°47′ E).

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A. Yu. Kravchenko

Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch

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Email: sasha_postbox@mail.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Pal’chevskogo 17, Vladivostok, 690041

A. A. Semenchenko

Far Eastern Federal University

Email: sasha_postbox@mail.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Sukhanova 8, Vladivostok, 690950

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