Dash-and-Dot Goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus)

Also known as Dot-and-Dash Goatfish, Dash-dot Goatfish, Dot-dash Goatfish, Half-and-Half Goatfish, Spotted Golden Goatfish

Description

Also known as Dot-and-Dash Goatfish, Dash-dot Goatfish, Dot-dash Goatfish, Half-and-Half Goatfish, Spotted Golden Goatfish.

Found singly or in small schools, foraging for food, over rubble and large sand patches, of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs.
They feed on small crustaceans, invertebrates, and worms.
Length - 50cm
Depth - 1-100m
Widespread Indo-Pacific

Goatfish have two barbels extending form the chin, these are used to probe the sand for food such as worms, brittle stars, crustaceans and small fish.
They often have other fish in tow which hoover up any creatures left behind.
Some Goatfish can rapidly change colour and spots that were there magically disappear! Ref: https://www.fishbase.in/summary/5987

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