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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Parupeneus: Latin, parum, parvum = small + Peneus, the name of a river.
Eponymy: Robert B Moffitt worked at the Honolulu Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Randall & Myers.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 120 - 230 m (Ref. 10673). Tropical
Western Pacific: Mariana Islands, Guam.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10673)
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 24. Diagnosis: Pectoral rays 15. Gill rakers 7-8 + 28-30 (total 36-38). Body depth 3.4-3.7 in SL; head length (HL) 2.95-3.1 in SL; snout length 1.8-1.85 in HL; eye relatively large, the orbit diameter 5.2-5.6 in HL; barbels long, 1.15 in HL; third dorsal spine longest, its length 1.51.65 in HL; penultimate dorsal soft ray 1.1-1.25 in length of last dorsal ray; pectoral-fin length 1.35-1.45 in HL; pelvic-fin length 1.4-1.5 in HL. Body pale red, the edges of the scales narrowly darker red; a pink band along back below dorsal fins, broadening posteriorly, bordered above and below by red, each scale in border, especially dorsally, with a dusky dark red spot; barbels pale pink to white; the fins pale red to pink, the outer third of the second dorsal with narrow blue and yellow bands; anal fin pink with irregular narrow yellow bands; outer part of the upper caudal-fin lobe pale yellow (Re. 54393).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E., 2004. Revision of the goatfish genus Parupeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae), with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (36):64 p. (Ref. 54393)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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