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Bighead goatfish (Parupeneus heptacantha)
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Ecological Illustration of Bighead goatfish (Parupeneus heptacantha)
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Mullidae

Bighead goatfish

Parupeneus heptacantha

Mullid Fish beneath the Red Sea

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Bighead goatfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Goatfishes
Family
Mullidae
Genus
Parupeneus
Body shape
fusiform
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