WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Sidespot Goatfish

Parupeneus pleurostigma

Also known as: Blackspot Goatfish, Roundspot Goatfish, Whitespot Goatfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@fishx6 · Gullivers, Lighthouse Bay, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia · March 20131 / 3
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Overview

Found singly foraging for food over coral, rock, rubble, sand and seagrass beds of shallow lagoons and seaward 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.

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How to identify

Pattern
spots
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly foraging for food over coral, rock, rubble, sand and seagrass beds of shallow lagoons and seaward reefs.

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Adult photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderMulliformes
    5. familyMullidae
    6. genusParupeneus
    7. speciesParupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)

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    More in the family

    Goatfishes (Mullidae)