Goldsaddle goatfish

Goldsaddle goatfish

Category Fishes
Maximum length 50 cm
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Mullidae
Genus Parupeneus
Shoot place Gardens Bay
Shoot date 2018-10-01

Short description

 

 

 

   

   Body is yellowish-gray, the edges of the scales (except for the ventral ones) are bright blue. On the upper half of the caudal peduncle there is a large saddle-shaped yellow spot. The area around the eye is yellow with short radial blue stripes. On the caudal fin there are longitudinal blue stripes parallel to the rays of the fin. The second dorsal and anal fins have narrow oblique blue stripes. There is another form that is entirely yellow with a bright yellow saddle-shaped spot on the upper part of the caudal peduncle.

 

 

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