Parupeneus

Parupeneus
File:Dash-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus) (47615609001).jpg
Dash-and-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Mullidae
Genus:	Parupeneus Bleeker, 1863
Type species
Mullus barberinus Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
Hogbinia Whitley, 1929 Barbupeneus Whitley, 1931 Caprupeneus Whitley, 1931

Parupeneus is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:

Species	Common name	Image
Parupeneus angulatus Randall & Heemstra, 2009
Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852)	Bicolor goatfish	File:IndoHJ.jpg
Parupeneus barberinus (Lacépède, 1801)	Dash-and-dot goatfish	File:Parupeneus barberinus.JPG
Parupeneus biaculeatus (Richardson, 1846)	Pointed goatfish	File:UmihigoiSp1.jpg
Parupeneus chrysonemus (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)	Yellow-threaded goatfish
Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Yellow striped goatfish	File:Adult of yellow striped goatfish (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède, 1802)	Whitesaddle goatfish	File:Parupeneus ciliatus 397522782 (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus crassilabris (Valenciennes, 1831)		File:Double-bar Goatfish (Parupeneus crassilabris) (6056543376) (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)		File:Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus).jpg
Parupeneus diagonalis Randall, 2004
Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)	Red Sea goatfish	File:Parupeneus forsskali, Jazan Province Saudi Arabia imported from iNaturalist photo 260751811.jpg
Parupeneus fraserorum Randall & King, 2009
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)	Cinnabar goatfish	File:Parupeneus heptacantha 325008380.jpg
Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803)	Indian goatfish	File:Parupeneus indicus 307044253 (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus insularis Randall & Myers, 2002	Twosaddle goatfish	File:Parupeneus insularis 501753284 (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus jansenii (Bleeker, 1856)	Jansen's goatfish
Parupeneus louise Randall, 2004
Parupeneus macronemus (Lacepède, 1801)	Long-barbel goatfish	File:Parupeneus macronemus 474585395 (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus margaritatus Randall & Guézé, 1984	Pearly goatfish	File:Múlido (Parupeneus margaritatus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 21.jpg
Parupeneus minys Randall & Heemstra, 2009
Parupeneus moffitti Randall & Myers, 1993
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)	Manybar goatfish	File:Manybar Goatfish, Kauai County, HI, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 204481171.jpg
Parupeneus nansen Randall & Heemstra, 2009
Parupeneus orientalis (Fowler, 1933)	Rapanui goatfish
Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)	Sidespot goatfish	File:Sidespot goatfish (Parupeneus pleurostigma).jpg
Parupeneus porphyreus (Jenkins, 1903)		File:Parupeneus porphyreus (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus posteli Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967
Parupeneus procerigena Kim & Amaoka, 2001
Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801)	Rosy goatfish	File:Rosy Goatfish (Parupeneus rubescens) (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus seychellensis (J.L.B. Smith & Smith, 1963)
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)	Blackspot goatfish	File:Parupeneus spilurus 468180736 (cropped).jpg
Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)	Doublebar goatfish	File:Parupeneus trifasciatus 475207453 (cropped).jpg

Gallery

• A school of yellow-striped goatfish (P. chrysopleuron) and whitesaddle goatfish searching food on the sandy bottom, northeast coast, Taiwan
  A school of yellow-striped goatfish (P. chrysopleuron) and whitesaddle goatfish searching food on the sandy bottom, northeast coast, Taiwan
• Goldsaddle goatfish (P. cyclostomus) in two different robes.
  Goldsaddle goatfish (P. cyclostomus) in two different robes.
• P. spilurus (middle) schooling with P. ciliatus
  P. spilurus (middle) schooling with P. ciliatus