Long-barbel goatfish

Parupeneus macronemus

Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters in the Hawaiian Islands

Long-barbel goatfish is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 40 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Goatfishes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Parupeneus
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf south to Natal, South Africa extending east to Indonesia and the Philippines. Record from Hawaiii is an error.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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