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Goatfishes in Indonesia, Family Mullidae |
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Genus Mulloidichthys:
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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. |
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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. |
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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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