Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Mullidae > Parupeneus > Parupeneus multifasciatus

Parupeneus multifasciatus (common goatfish; Multibarred goatfish; Manybar goatfish; Five-barred goatfish; Banded goatfish; Goatfish)

Synonyms:
Language: Agutaynen; Bikol; Carolinian; Cebuano; Chavacano; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Gela; Hawaiian; Ilokano; Kagayanen; Kapampangan; Korean; Kumak; Kuyunon; Magindanaon; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Other; Pangasinan; Surigaonon; Tagalog; Tahitian; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

Parupeneus multifasciatus, the manybar goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the eastern Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean where it is found from Christmas Island to the Hawaiian Islands and from southern Japan to Lord Howe Island. It is an inhabitant of coral reefs and can be found at depths of from 3 to 161 metres (9.8 to 528.2 ft). Males of this species can reach a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) TL while females only reach 17.9 centimetres (7.0 in) SL. This is a commercially important species as well as being sought after as a game fish. 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    

Predators

Caranx melampygus (black ulua)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Benedenia hawaiiensis[2]
Haliotrema curvicirrus[1]
Nybelinia basimegacantha[2]
Weketrema hawaiiense[1]

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