Whitesaddle goatfish

Parupeneus porphyreus

Fish Reaching Fifty One Centimeters in the Hawaiian Islands

White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Parupeneus porphyreus, also called whitesaddle goatfish or kūmū in Hawaiian, is endemic to Hawaii. This species of goatfish used to be the most common goatfish in Hawaiʻi around 1960, but has declined in numbers since.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Goatfishes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Parupeneus
Maximum length: 51 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii.
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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