Dot-and-dash Goatfish, Parupeneus barberinus (Lacépède 1801)

Other Names: Dash-and-dot Goatfish, Dash-dot Goatfish, Dot And Dash Goat-fish, Half and Half Goatfish, Spotted Golden Goatfish

A Dot-and-dash Goatfish, Parupeneus barberinus, on Steve's Bommie near Ribbon Reef #3, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, December 2001. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A whitish goatfish with a dark brown to black stripe from the snout through the eye to below the rear of the dorsal fin, a yellow stripe above the dark stripe, and a large black spot on the middle of the caudal peduncle.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Parupeneus barberinus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/586

Dot-and-dash Goatfish, Parupeneus barberinus (Lacépède 1801)

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Distribution	Shark Bay to the Montebello Islands and offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to Sydney, and possibly further south to Jervis Bay, New South Wales; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits sand/rubble areas near reefs and seagrass beds.
Features	Dorsal fin VIII + 9; Anal fin I, 7; Pectoral fin 16-18; Gill rakers 6-7 + 20-25 = total 26-31. Body moderately elongate, depth 3.3-3.7 in SL; head length (HL) 2.6-3.0 in SL; snout length 1.45-2.1 in HL (snout relatively longer with growth); barbel length 1.4-1.6 in HL; longest dorsal spine 1.15-1.75 in HL (longer with growth); penultimate dorsal soft ray about equal to last ray in young, 1.2 in last ray in large adults; pectoral fins 1.5-1.75 in HL; pelvic fins 1.35-1.6 in HL.
Colour	Body whitish with a dark brown to black stripe (red on fish in deeper water) from upper lip through eye to below posterior part of second dorsal fin or anteriorly on upper caudal peduncle; body above stripe yellow or yellowish gray; body below whitish, the scale edges narrowly gray to brownish red; a black or red spot larger than eye at midbase of caudal fin; some large adults with centers of scales below dark stripe pale blue, the edges yellow or with yellow spots, especially posteriorly; peritoneum dark brown.
Feeding	Forages over sand and rubble areas, using its chin barbels to probe the sand. Feeds on benthic invertebrates such as polychaete worms, crustaceans and small molluscs.
Fisheries	Taken in demersal artisanal fisheries in much of its range.
Etymology	The specific name barberinus is possibly from the Latin barbus (= beard), in reference to the long chin barbels of this species.
Species Citation	Mullus barberinus Lacépède 1801, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons 3: 383, 406, pl. 13(3). Type locality: Moluccas, Indonesia.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Dot-and-dash Goatfish, Parupeneus barberinus (Lacépède 1801)

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