WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Orange Goatfish

Mulloidichthys pfluegeri

Also known as: Orange Goatfish, Pfluger's Goatfish, Red Weke, Rosy Goatfish, Red Goatfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
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Overview

Found in schools, foraging for food, over sand and limestone bottoms of reefs. When feeding they display four broad bars.

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
blotches
Head & Mouth
barbels

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
LIVES IN

Found in schools, foraging for food, over sand and limestone bottoms of reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderMulliformes
    5. familyMullidae
    6. genusMulloidichthys
    7. speciesMulloidichthys pfluegeri (Steindachner, 1900)

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    More in the family

    Goatfishes (Mullidae)