WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Ochre-banded Goatfish

Upeneus sundaicus

Also known as: Ochreband Goatfish, Redband Goatfish, Sunda Goatfish, Yellowfin Goatfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeh Resort, Indonesia · August 20081 / 2
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, foraging for food, over silty mud and sandy bottoms, and in seagrass beds, of estuaries and coastal reefs.

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!

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly or in small schools, foraging for food, over silty mud and sandy bottoms, and in seagrass beds, of estuaries and coastal reefs.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderMulliformes
    5. familyMullidae
    6. genusUpeneus
    7. speciesUpeneus sundaicus (Bleeker, 1855)

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    More in the family

    Goatfishes (Mullidae)