Mullidae
Red Mullet
Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758
Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758, the red mullet, is a demersal fish native to European and North African Atlantic waters, the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Striped Red Mullet
Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758
Mullus surmuletus, the striped red mullet, is a commercially important goatfish found in the Mediterranean, eastern North Atlantic, and Black Sea.
Yellowfin Goatfish
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831)
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis, the yellowfin goatfish, is a reef-associated Indo-Pacific fish that feeds at night and schools by day.
Yellowstripe Goatfish
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, the yellowstripe goatfish, is an Indo-Pacific reef fish fished for food and recreation.
Yellow Goatfish
Mulloidichthys martinicus (Cuvier, 1829)
Mulloidichthys martinicus (yellow goatfish) is a reef-dwelling goatfish found in the Atlantic and Pacific that may carry ciguatera toxin.
Mexican Goatfish
Mulloidichthys dentatus (Gill, 1862)
Mulloidichthys dentatus is a yellow fish with blue stripes native to the Eastern Central Pacific that inhabits coastal reefs.
Finstripe Goatfish
Upeneus taeniopterus Cuvier, 1829
Upeneus taeniopterus, the finstripe goatfish, is a reef-associated Indo-Pacific marine goatfish that is commercially fished for food.
Sidespot Goatfish
Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Parupeneus pleurostigma is a tropical benthopelagic goatfish native to the Indian and Pacific oceans with distinct color markings.
Goldsaddle Goatfish
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)
Parupeneus cyclostomus, the yellow-saddle goatfish, is a reef-dwelling fish species found across the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Whitesaddle Goatfish
Parupeneus porphyreus (Jenkins, 1903)
Parupeneus porphyreus, the Hawaiian kūmū goatfish, is a nocturnal reef fish found only in the Hawaiian Islands.
Manybar Goatfish
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Parupeneus multifasciatus (moano) is an endemic Indo-Pacific reef goatfish that is fished, eaten, and sold in the aquarium trade.
Bicolour Goatfish
Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852)
The bicolor goatfish (Parupeneus barberinoides) is a western Pacific coral reef goatfish used commercially and in aquariums.
Blacksaddle Goatfish
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)
Blackspot goatfish (Parupeneus spilurus) is a commercially important western Pacific coral reef goatfish that reaches 50 cm long.
Dot-and-dash Goatfish
Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède, 1801)
Parupeneus barberinus, the dash-and-dot goatfish, is the largest goatfish species, found across the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Cinnabar Goatfish
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Parupeneus heptacanthus, the cinnabar goatfish, is a goatfish native to the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
Red Sea Goatfish
Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)
Parupeneus forsskali, the Red Sea goatfish, is a goatfish native to the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden that has spread to the Mediterranean.
Spotted Goatfish
Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793)
Pseudupeneus maculatus (spotted goatfish) is a Mullidae family species described in 1793, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Bluestriped Goatfish
Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Upeneichthys lineatus is a goatfish species endemic to temperate Australian seas, living on sheltered sandy seabeds.
Bluespotted Goatfish
Upeneichthys vlamingii (Cuvier, 1829)
Upeneichthys vlamingii, the southern Australian goatfish, lives in sheltered coastal waters and feeds mainly on crustaceans.
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