Parupeneus

Parupeneus
Dash-and-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Mullidae
Genus:	Parupeneus Bleeker, 1863 [1]
Type species
Mullus barberinus Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
Hogbinia Whitley, 1929 BarbupeneusWhitley, 1931 CaprupeneusWhitley, 1931

Parupeneus is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. ^[2]

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

Species	Common name	Image
Parupeneus angulatus Randall & Heemstra, 2009
Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852)	Bicolor goatfish
Parupeneus barberinus (Lacépède, 1801)	Dash-and-dot goatfish
Parupeneus biaculeatus (Richardson, 1846)	Pointed goatfish
Parupeneus chrysonemus (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)	Yellow-threaded goatfish
Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Yellow striped goatfish
Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède, 1802)	Whitesaddle goatfish
Parupeneus crassilabris (Valenciennes, 1831)
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)
Parupeneus diagonalis Randall, 2004
Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)	Red Sea goatfish
Parupeneus fraserorum Randall & King, 2009
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)	Cinnabar goatfish
Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803)	Indian goatfish
Parupeneus insularis Randall & Myers, 2002	Twosaddle goatfish
Parupeneus jansenii (Bleeker, 1856)	Jansen's goatfish
Parupeneus louise Randall, 2004
Parupeneus macronemus (Lacepède, 1801)	Long-barbel goatfish
Parupeneus margaritatus Randall & Guézé, 1984	Pearly goatfish
Parupeneus minys Randall & Heemstra, 2009
Parupeneus moffitti Randall & Myers, 1993
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)	Manybar goatfish
Parupeneus nansen Randall & Heemstra, 2009
Parupeneus orientalis (Fowler, 1933)	Rapanui goatfish
Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)	Sidespot goatfish
Parupeneus porphyreus (Jenkins, 1903)
Parupeneus posteli Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967
Parupeneus procerigena Kim & Amaoka, 2001
Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801)	Rosy goatfish
Parupeneus seychellensis (J.L.B. Smith & Smith, 1963)
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)	Blackspot goatfish
Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)	Doublebar goatfish

Gallery

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  A school of yellow-striped goatfish (P. chrysopleuron) and whitesaddle goatfish searching food on the sandy bottom, northeast coast, Taiwan
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  Goldsaddle goatfish (P. cyclostomus) in two different robes.
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  P. spilurus (middle) schooling with P. ciliatus

References

1. Bleeker, P. 1863: Onzième notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'île de Ternate. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1: 228-238.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parupeneus". FishBase . December 2013 version.