Doublebar Goatfish, Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacépède 1801)


Other Names: Indian Doublebar Goatfish, Two Barred Goatfish, Two-barred Goatfish

An Indian Doublebar Goatfish, Parupeneus trifasciatus, at Nick's Lumps, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, April 2009. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:
A pale goatfish with two black bars on the side that extend almost to the underside, a greyish head, and a whitish body with yellow scale margins.

Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2017, Parupeneus trifasciatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4941

Doublebar Goatfish, Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacépède 1801)

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Distribution

Ningaloo Reef and Hibernia Reef, Western Australia; also Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indian Ocean.

Species Citation

Mullus trifasciatus Lacépède 1801, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons 3: 404, pl. 15 (fig. 1). Type locality unknown.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2017

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Doublebar Goatfish, Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacépède 1801)

References


Allen, G.R. & Adrim, M. 2003. Coral reef fishes of Indonesia. Zoological Studies 42(1): 1-72 

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. 

Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 (as Parupeneus bifasciatus)

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. 

Günther, A. 1859. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 524 pp. 

Lacépède, B.G. 1801. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 3 558 pp. 34 pls. 

Randall, J.E. 2004. Revision of the goatfish genus Parupeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae), with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 36: 1-64 pls 1-16 

Randall, J.E. & Myers, R.F. 2002. Parupeneus insularis, a new central Pacific species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) of the P. trifasciatus complex. Zoological Studies 41(4): 431-440 

Regan, C.T. 1909. A collection of fishes made by Dr. C.W. Andrews, F.R.S., at Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909: 403-406 pls 65 & 66 (as Parupeneus andrewsii)

Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105 

Steindachner, F. 1906. Zur fischfauna der Samoa-Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 115(7): 1369-1425

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37355036

Depth:1-80 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:35 cm TL

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