Parupeneus chrysopleuron

Yellow-striped goatfish | Rosy Goatfish | Yellow-banded Goatfish
Parupeneus chrysopleuron
Parupeneus chrysopleuron, Ningaloo Reef, WA, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Parupeneus chrysopleuron
Parupeneus chrysopleuron, Ningaloo Reef, WA, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Parupeneus chrysopleuron
Parupeneus chrysopleuron, WA, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Parupeneus chrysopleuron
Parupeneus chrysopleuron, Rottnest Island, WA, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Parupeneus chrysopleuron
Parupeneus chrysopleuron
Parupeneus chrysopleuron
Parupeneus chrysopleuron

Distribution

Temperate Australasia, Temperate northern Pacific, Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Single yellow stripe from eye to top of tail base, clear fins, and uniformly pink body, or pink above lateral line and pale below. Similar species Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Goldstripe Goatfish) has yellow fins, M. flavolineatus (Yellowstripe Goatfish) has black blotch on side.


Information

Max Size: 55 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 17.1-30.5°C

Depth: 20-200m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

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 (2.5% 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: Few (4 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