🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Golden-lined spinefoot live?

Siganus lineatus has 2,019 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1827 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesSiganidaeSiganus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 1,104
Solomon Islands 324
Micronesia 270
Indonesia 95
New Caledonia 77
Palau 43
Papua New Guinea 40
Vanuatu 20
Philippines 9
Maldives 7
Marshall Islands 4
Malaysia 4
Thailand 4
Sri Lanka 3
Wallis & Futuna 3
India 2
French Polynesia 2
Tonga 2
Taiwan 2
Brunei 1
Singapore 1
Vietnam 1
ZZ 1

Related animals

Others in the family Siganidae.

Barred spinefoot
9,864 records
Common foxface
3,650 records
Shoemaker spinefoot
Shoemaker spinefoot
3,546 records
Silvery Rabbitfish
3,446 records
Masked spinefoot
2,560 records
Spiny Rabbitfish
2,362 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.