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Black-spot goatfish

Parupeneus spilurus

Black-spot goatfish — Parupeneus spilurus
  • Saltwater
  • Least Concern
Max length
50 cm
Classification
Class
Teleostei
Order
Mulliformes
Family
Mullidae
Genus
Parupeneus
Distribution
  • Indian Ocean, Eastern
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Pacific, Northwest
  • Pacific, Southwest
  • Pacific, Western Central

About the black-spot goatfish

Parupeneus spilurus, the blackspot goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the western Pacific ocean, from Japan to Australia and New Zealand. An inhabitant of coral reefs, it can be found at depths of from 10 to 80 metres (33 to 262 ft). This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. It is a commercially important species.

Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.

Where the black-spot goatfish lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

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