Twosaddle goatfish

Parupeneus insularis

Mullid Fish from the Eastern Indian Ocean

Twosaddle goatfish is a marine fish of Eastern Central Pacific. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 30.3 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Goatfishes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Parupeneus
Maximum length: 30.3 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Pitcairn Islands to the Marshall, Mariana, Phoenix, and Samoa islands. This species is included in the Parupeneus trifasciatus complex where, Parupeneus trifasciatus is restricted to the Indian Ocean and Parupeneus crassilabris is from eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific, east to Fiji, Tonga, and the Caroline Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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