Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
Goldstripe Goatfish | Banded Goatfish | Flame Goatfish | Golden Banded Goatfish | Non-spotted Goatfish | Red Goatfish | Red Weke | Vanikolo Goatfish | Yellow Goatfish | Yellowfin Goatfish | Yellowstripe Goatfish
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Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Yellow stripe from eye to tail base, yellow fins, short yellow bar on cheek, yellow scale margins on back and can change over all body colour to pink. Lacks black blotch on stripe of M. flavolineatus (Yellowstripe Goatfish). Commonly schools in the water column over reef.
Information
Max Size: 38 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 19.9-30.8°C
Depth: 1-113m
Habitat Generalization Index: 13.55
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: Infrequent (8.0% 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 (25 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