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Dot-and-dash Goatfish (pale)

Parupeneus barberinus

Seabook: Dot-and-dash Goatfish (pale)

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Max Weight

Max Depth

100 m

Description

Parupeneus barberinus is a species of goatfish native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. Description The dash-and-dot goatfish has the twin chin barbels typical of goatfishes. The body color is white with a black to dark brown stripe (dash) reaching from the upper lip through the eye and along the body, followed by... Read more in Seabook

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Colors

white
black
yellow
blue
pink
red

Habitat and Environment

Mud and Sand

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Poisonous

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Social Behaviour

Solitary

Danger to human

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Venomous

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