Table 2. The 23 Siganid species for six countries used in the analysis and their diets as listed on Fishbase, where P is a possible but unconfirmed sighting.
| Siganid species | Zanzibar | Tanzania | Fiji | Philippines | Indonesia | Malaysia | Diet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siganus argenteus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Zoobenthos |
| Siganus canaliculatus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Zoobenthos | ||
| Siganus corallinus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Zoobenthos | ||
| Siganus doliatus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants | ||
| Siganus fuscescens | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Detritus/Zoobenthos | |||
| Siganus guttatus | P | P | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Zooplankton | |
| Siganus javus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Detritus/Zoobenthos | |||
| Siganus labyrinthodes | ✓ | Plants | |||||
| Siganus lineatus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants | |||
| Siganus luridus | ✓ | ✓ | Plants | ||||
| Siganus magnificus | ✓ | Plants/Zooplankton | |||||
| Siganus puellus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Zoobenthos | |||
| Siganus punctatissimus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants | ||
| Siganus punctatus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants | ||
| Siganus rivulatus | ✓ | ✓ | P | Plants | |||
| Siganus spinus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants | |||
| Siganus stellatus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Zooplankton | ||
| Siganus sutor | ✓ | ✓ | P | P | Plants | ||
| Siganus unimaculatus | ✓ | Plants/Zooplankton | |||||
| Siganus uspi | ✓ | Plants/Zooplankton | |||||
| Siganus vermiculatus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants | ||
| Siganus virgatus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Zooplankton | |||
| Siganus vulpinus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Plants/Zooplankton |