Data from: Two spinefoot colour morphs: mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens and white-spotted spinefoot Siganus canaliculatus are synonyms

Mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens and white-spotted spinefoot Siganus canaliculatus are two similar species that differ subtly in colouration and morphology. Three major mtDNA clades were identified for these species, but individuals were clustered by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) according to geography rather than morphology, suggesting that the colour morphs are interbreeding.

褐篮子鱼（Siganus fuscescens）与白点篮子鱼（Siganus canaliculatus）为体色与形态差异甚微的两个近缘物种。研究在这两个物种中鉴定出三个主要的线粒体DNA（mitochondrial DNA，mtDNA）进化支，但通过扩增片段长度多态性（amplified fragment length polymorphism, AFLP）分析发现，个体的聚类分组以地理区域为依据，而非形态特征，这表明不同体色形态的类群间存在杂交现象。