Mulloidichthys flavolineatus

Mullidae
Yellowstripe Goatfish, Bait Goatfish, Gold-lined Goatfish, Pallid Goatfish, Samoan Goatfish, Sand Weke, Slender Goldband Goatfish, Square-spot Goatfish, White Goatfish, White Weke, Yellow-lined Goatfish
  • Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
  • Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, French Polynesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, French Polynesia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
    Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
  • Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
  • Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, Pale phase, Coral Sea, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
    Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, Pale phase, Coral Sea, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Slender pale body, with an elongate rectangular black patch in a yellow stripe along side from eye to tail base, blunt head profile and small barbels below chin. Aggregates in large inactive schools during day, moving out to forage at night. Similar M. vanicolensis (Goldstripe Goatfish) has yellow fins and no black blotch, and sometimes schools with M. flavolineatus.
Information
  • Max Size: 43 cm
  • Sea Temperature Range: 19.1-30.8°C
  • Depth: 1-76 m
  • Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Soft sediment
  • Habitat Generalisation Index: 10.7
    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
Rarity
  • IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
  • Occurrence: Infrequent (10% 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: Many (11 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
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