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yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis)
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yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) specimen
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Mullidae

yellowfin goatfish

Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

Mullid Fish from the Hawaiian Islands

  • Yellow
  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

yellowfin goatfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 39.8 cm.

Family
Mullidae
Maximum length
39.8 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa, Comoro Islands and Mascarenes, east to the Hawaiian Islands, Line Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (northern in front of Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, Tonga and Gambier Islands (Ref. 86817 ). Reported from Easter Island (Ref. 89467 ). Records from Eastern Pacific in Mexico and Panama need further confirmation.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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