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Genus Mulloidichthys:
| Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepede 1801), the Yellowstripe
Goatfish. Indo-Pacific, Red Sea over to the Hawaiian Islands. To a maximum
of seventeen inches in length. The first one in Maui, small pair in
the Cooks. |
 
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| Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes 1831), the
Yellowfin Goatfish. Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to Hawai'i. To fifteen inches in
length. The first one in the upper Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea, a second in the
Cooks, and a third showing their "pink" color in Hawai'i. |
Genus Parupeneus:
| Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker 1852), the Bicolor
Goatfish. Western Pacific. To one foot in length. A handsome species of
considerable use in the aquarium interest. Here is one in a commercial
aquarium set-up, and one "on the reef" in Fiji. |
 
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| Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepede 1801), the Dash and
Dot Goatfish. Indo-Pacific to the Tuamotus, but not the Red Sea. To two
feet in length. Not a misprint. Shown during the day and night in Fiji. |
 
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| Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepede 1801), the
Double-Bar Goatfish. Indo-Pacific, including Hawai'i. To fourteen inches
in length. Pulau Redang, Malaysia, N. Sulawesi, and Hawai'i photos. |
| Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepede 1802), the Whitesaddle
Goatfish. Indo-Pacific, to the Tuamotus, but not Hawai'i or the Red Sea.
To fifteen inches in length. An occasional import into the pet-fish trade.
Image taken in Fiji. |
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| Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepede 1801), the
Goldsaddle Goatfish. Indo-Pacific out to Hawai'i, including the Red Sea.
To twenty inches in length. Yellow form not found in Hawai'i. Pictured, a
group in the Red Sea, and a yellow individual in captivity. |
 
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| Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepede 1802),
the Small-spot Goatfish. Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, East Africa to the
Micronesia. Indo-Pacific, including Hawai'i. To fourteen inches in
length. These ones in N. Sulawesi. |
 
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| Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824),
the Manybar Goatfish. Indo-Pacific, including Hawai'i. To a foot in
length. A good looker. Here are specimens from Fiji and Hawai'i during the
day and at night. |
| Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett 1830), the Sidespot
Goatfish. Dark spot on body at rear of first dorsal fin; white one at base
of second. Indo-Pacific. To thirteen inches in length. This one off of
Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i. |
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Genus Upeneus:
| Upeneus tragula Richardson 1846, the Freckled
Goatfish. Indo-West Pacific. To a foot in length. One off of Man
Chatnik, Pulau Redang, Malaysia, another down in N. Sulawesi. |
 
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| Upeneus vittatus (Forsskal 1775), the Striped
Goatfish. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea, East Africa over to Hawai'i. To ten
inches in length. N. Sulawesi pic. |
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