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(Redirected from Parupeneus spilurus) Species of ray-finned fish

Black-spot goatfish
Aquarium, South West Rocks, NSW
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Parupeneus
Species: P. spilurus
Binomial name
Parupeneus spilurus
(Bleeker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Upeneus spilurus Bleeker, 1854
  • Upeneus signatus Günther, 1867
  • Parupeneus signatus (Günther, 1867)
  • Pseudupeneus jeffi Ogilby, 1908

Parupeneus spilurus, the blackspot goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the western Pacific ocean, from Japan to Australia and New Zealand. An inhabitant of coral reefs, it can be found at depths of from 10 to 80 metres (33 to 262 ft). This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. It is a commercially important species.

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, I. (2017) . "Parupeneus spilurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69183023A115462187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69183023A69183797.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parupeneus spilurus". FishBase. December 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Parupeneus signatus


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