Biology:Black-spot goatfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Black-spot goatfish | |
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| Aquarium, South West Rocks, NSW | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Mullidae |
| Genus: | Parupeneus |
| Species: | P. spilurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)
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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.[2]
References
- ↑ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Williams, I. (2016). "Parupeneus spilurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69183023A115462187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69183023A69183797.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/69183023/115462187.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parupeneus spilurus" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2698321 entry
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