Yellow striped goatfish

Parupeneus chrysopleuron

Fifty Five Centimeters Mullid Fish from Indo West Pacific

Yellow striped goatfish is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 55 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Goatfishes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Parupeneus
Maximum length: 55 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: disjunct distribution: Japan to coast of Aomori Prefecture, Honshu, the Izu Peninsula, Kochi Pref., Ogasawara Islands and southeastern Taiwan; in the south from the Arafura Sea, the NW shelf and Kimberly region of Western Australia; from Geographe Bay northwards.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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