Goldsaddle goatfish

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Goldsaddle goatfish

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Parupeneus
Species: P. cyclostomus
Binomial name
Parupeneus cyclostomus
(Lacépède, 1801)

Also known as the Yellowsaddle goatfish

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[edit] Description

May be up to 50cm long, has long barbels; the body is usually yellow with a bluish sheen to the dorsal part but there is a golden yellow variant.[1]

[edit] Habitat

Occurs solitarily or in groups, in all areas of the coral reefs and detrital bottom area from 1 to 95 metres depth.[2] Uses its barbels to probe holes and force out prey.

[edit] Distribution

Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to South Africa, Hawaiian islands, Ryukyu Islands.[3]

Yellow variant, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

[edit] References

  1. ^ Siliotti, A. (2002) fishes of the red sea Verona, Geodia ISBN 88-87177-42-2
  2. ^ Lieske, E. and Myers, R.F. (2004) Coral reef guide; Red Sea London, HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-715986-2
  3. ^ "Parupeneus cyclostomus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 5 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.