Black-spot goatfish

Parupeneus spilurus, the blackspot goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the western Pacific ocean, from Japan to Australia and New Zealand. An inhabitant of coral reefs, it can be found at depths of from 10 to 80 metres (33 to 262 ft). This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. It is a commercially important species.^[2]

Black-spot goatfish
Aquarium, South West Rocks, NSW
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Mullidae
Genus:	Parupeneus
Species:	P. spilurus
Binomial name
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)
Synonyms
Upeneus spilurus Bleeker, 1854 Upeneus signatus Günther, 1867 Parupeneus signatus (Günther, 1867) Pseudupeneus jeffi Ogilby, 1908