Black-spot goatfish
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| Black-spot goatfish | |
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| File:Parupeneus spilurus.jpg | |
| Aquarium, South West Rocks, NSW | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Mullidae |
| Genus: | Parupeneus |
| Species: | P. spilurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)
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Parupeneus spilurus, the blackspot goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the western Pacific ocean, from Japan to Australia and New Zealand. An inhabitant of coral reefs, it can be found at depths of from 10 to 80 metres (33 to 262 ft). This species can reach a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. It is a commercially important species.[2]
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