Parupeneus cyclostomus | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Mullidae |
Genus: | Parupeneus |
Species: | P. cyclostomus
|
Binomial name | |
Parupeneus cyclostomus (
Lacépède, 1801)
| |
Synonyms | |
See text |
Parupeneus cyclostomus, the gold-saddle goatfish, blue goatfish or yellowsaddle goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the Indo-Pacific. It is a commercially important species, as well as being sought out as a game fish, though it has been reported as carrying the ciguatera toxin. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. [2]
This fish is usually colored yellow with a bluish sheen to the dorsal part, but with a golden yellow variant. [3] It can reach 50 cm (20 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 35 cm (14 in). [2]
It occurs solitarily or in groups, in all areas of the coral reefs and detrital bottom area from 1 to 95 m deep. [4] It uses its barbels to probe holes and force out prey.
It is found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to South Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands. [5]
Several other names have been applied to this species that have been subsequently determined to be junior synonyms: [2]