Parupeneus

Parupeneus is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.^[2]

Parupeneus
Dash-and-dot goatfish Parupeneus barberinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Mullidae
Genus:	Parupeneus Bleeker, 1863[1]
Type species
Mullus barberinus Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
Hogbinia Whitley, 1929 Barbupeneus Whitley, 1931 Caprupeneus Whitley, 1931

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Parupeneus angulatus Randall & Heemstra, 2009
• Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Bicolor goatfish)
• Parupeneus barberinus (Lacépède, 1801) (Dash-and-dot goatfish)
• Parupeneus biaculeatus (Richardson, 1846) (Pointed goatfish)
• Parupeneus chrysonemus (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Yellow-threaded goatfish)
• Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Yellow striped goatfish)
• Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède, 1802) (Whitesaddle goatfish)
• Parupeneus crassilabris (Valenciennes, 1831)
• Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)
• Parupeneus diagonalis Randall, 2004
• Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) (Red Sea goatfish)
• Parupeneus fraserorum Randall & King, 2009
• Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802) (Cinnabar goatfish)
• Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803) (Indian goatfish)
• Parupeneus insularis Randall & Myers, 2002 (Twosaddle goatfish)
• Parupeneus jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) (Jansen's goatfish)
• Parupeneus louise Randall, 2004
• Parupeneus macronemus (Lacepède, 1801) (Long-barbel goatfish)
• Parupeneus margaritatus Randall & Guézé, 1984 (Pearly goatfish)
• Parupeneus minys Randall & Heemstra, 2009
• Parupeneus moffitti Randall & Myers, 1993
• Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Manybar goatfish)
• Parupeneus Nansen Randall & Heemstra, 2009
• Parupeneus orientalis (Fowler, 1933) (Rapanui goatfish)
• Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831) (Sidespot goatfish)
• Parupeneus porphyreus (Jenkins, 1903)
• Parupeneus posteli Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967
• Parupeneus procerigena Kim & Amaoka, 2001
• Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801) (Rosy goatfish)
• Parupeneus seychellensis (J.L.B. Smith & Smith, 1963)
• Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854) (Blackspot goatfish)
• Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Doublebar goatfish)

Gallery

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  A dash-and-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus)
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  A school of yellow-striped goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron) and whitesaddle goatfish searching food on the sandy bottom, northeast coast, Taiwan
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  A whitesaddle goatfish (Parupeneus ciliatus)
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  Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) in two different robes.
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  A young Indian goatfish (Parupeneus indicus)
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  A longbarbel goatfish (Parupeneus macronemus)
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  Parupeneus porphyreus
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  A doublebar goatfish (Parupeneus trifasciatus)