Parupeneus barberinus

Dot-and-dash Goatfish
Parupeneus barberinus
Parupeneus barberinus, North WA, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
Parupeneus barberinus
Parupeneus barberinus, Lord Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Parupeneus barberinus
Parupeneus barberinus, adult, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Parupeneus barberinus
Parupeneus barberinus, adult, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Parupeneus barberinus
Parupeneus barberinus
Parupeneus barberinus
Parupeneus barberinus

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Pale body with a black stripe from snout through eye to two thirds of the way along the body, often with a yellow stripe above it, and followed by a black blotch on tail base. A similar species from the Indian Ocean P. macronemus (Long-barbel Goatfish), has wider black lateral stripe and also a thin black stripe along second dorsal fin base.


Information

Max Size: 60 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 21.7-31.5°C

Depth: 1-100m

Habitat Generalization Index: 11.87

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Frequent (16.4% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Few (2 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland