Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Mullidae > Parupeneus > Parupeneus cyclostomus

Parupeneus cyclostomus (Yellowsaddled goatfish; Yellow-saddle goatfish; Yellowsaddle goatfish; Yellow saddle goatfish; Yellow goatfish; Surmullet; Red mullet; Gold-saddle goatfish; Goldsaddle goatfish; Bright-saddled goatfish; Bright goatfish; Blue kumu; Blue goatfish; Goatfish; Gold-saddled goatfish; Golden spotted goatfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The goldsaddle goatfish or yellowsaddle goatfish, Parupeneus cyclostomus, is a species of goatfish native to the Indo-Pacific. It is a commercially important species, as well as being sought out as a game fish, though it has been reported as carrying the ciguatera toxin. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Prey / Diet

Blenniella gibbifrons (Bullethead rockskipper)[1]
Cirrhitops fasciatus (Ringed hawkfish)[1]
Gnatholepis anjerensis (Anjer eye-bar goby)[1]
Plagiotremus goslinei (sabretooth blenny)[1]
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Stop-start damsel)[1]

Predators

Caranx ignobilis (Yellow-fin trevally)[1]
Caranx melampygus (black ulua)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aponurus laguncula[2]
Benedenia hawaiiensis[2]
Lecithocladium magnacetabulum[2]
Otobothrium dipsacus[2]
Unitubulotestis parupenei[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0