WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Rosy Goatfish

Parupeneus rubescens

Also known as: Blacksaddle Goatfish, Black-saddled Goatfish, Blackspot Goatfish, Black-spotted Goatfish, Red Goatfish, Redstriped Goatfish, Twospot Goatfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2020
Adult
@designedforx · KE, Kenya · September 20171 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, foraging for food, over sandy bottoms, in murky coastal waters.

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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific, Southeast Atlantic
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly, or in schools, foraging for food, over sandy bottoms, in murky coastal waters.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderMulliformes
    5. familyMullidae
    6. genusParupeneus
    7. speciesParupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Goatfishes (Mullidae)