Bicolor goatfish (Parupeneus barberinoides)

Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Bicolor goatfish
- Climates: Tropical
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Parupeneus - Indo-Pacific goatfishes
- Family: Mullidae - Goatfishes
- Order: Mulliformes - Goatfishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Parupeneus barberinoides, the bicolor goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the western Pacific Ocean. An inhabitant of coral reefs, it can be found at depths of from 1 to 40 metres (3.3 to 131.2 ft). This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL though most are only around 20 centimetres (7.9 in). This is a commercially important species and can also be found in the aquarium trade.