Biology:Parupeneus

Parupeneus is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:

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	UmihigoiSp1.jpg
Parupeneus chrysonemus (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)	Yellow-threaded goatfish
Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Yellow striped goatfish	frameless
Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède, 1802)	Whitesaddle goatfish	frameless
Parupeneus crassilabris (Valenciennes, 1831)		frameless
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)		Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus).jpg
Parupeneus diagonalis Randall, 2004
Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)	Red Sea goatfish	Parupeneus forsskali, Jazan Province Saudi Arabia imported from iNaturalist photo 260751811.jpg
Parupeneus fraserorum Randall & King, 2009
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)	Cinnabar goatfish	Parupeneus heptacantha 325008380.jpg
Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803)	Indian goatfish	frameless
Parupeneus insularis Randall & Myers, 2002	Twosaddle goatfish	frameless
Parupeneus jansenii (Bleeker, 1856)	Jansen's goatfish
Parupeneus louise Randall, 2004
Parupeneus macronemus (Lacepède, 1801)	Long-barbel goatfish	frameless
Parupeneus margaritatus Randall & Guézé, 1984	Pearly goatfish	Múlido (Parupeneus margaritatus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 21.jpg
Parupeneus minys Randall & Heemstra, 2009
Parupeneus moffitti Randall & Myers, 1993
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)	Manybar goatfish	Manybar Goatfish, Kauai County, HI, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 204481171.jpg
Parupeneus nansen Randall & Heemstra, 2009
Parupeneus orientalis (Fowler, 1933)	Rapanui goatfish
Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)	Sidespot goatfish	Sidespot goatfish (Parupeneus pleurostigma).jpg
Parupeneus porphyreus (Jenkins, 1903)		frameless
Parupeneus posteli Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967
Parupeneus procerigena Kim & Amaoka, 2001
Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801)	Rosy goatfish	frameless
Parupeneus seychellensis (J. L. B. Smith & Smith, 1963)
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)	Blackspot goatfish	frameless
Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)	Doublebar goatfish	frameless

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
• 
  Goldsaddle goatfish (P. cyclostomus) in two different robes.
• P. spilurus (middle) schooling with P. ciliatus
  P. spilurus (middle) schooling with P. ciliatus

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2104179 entry