Whitesaddle goatfish

Characteristics

  • Feeds on benthic invertebrates, such as crabs and shrimps.

Description

  • Body pale red to green.
  • Two white to pale red stripes begin from snout, cross through eye and end at
  • mid or posterior part of body. A third stripe sometimes visible, beginning from corner of lips and crossing through pectoral fin base.
  • A white blotch on tail base, sometimes followed by a darker blotch

Common Name: Whitelined goatfish, Whitesaddle goatfish

Family Common Name: Goatfishes

Family: Mullidae

Scientific Name: Parupeneus ciliatus___(Lacepède, 1802)

Maximum Length: 38 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Whitesaddle goatfish