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goatfishes (Mullidae)

12 Mariana Islands species out of 14 reported | 16 Indo-Pacific species | 1 Western Atlantic species

Mariana Islands species are displayed by default. Click on the tags below to view additional species.


Note: While Parapeneus barberinoides has been reported from the Mariana Islands, the individual above was photographed in the Philippines.

Note: The images of Mulloidichthys pfluegeri and Parupeneus heptacanthus are frame grabs from baited remote underwater video (BRUV) obtained in 2015 by Jake Asher of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and Curtin University.

Additional goatfish species reported from the Mariana Islands by Myers and Donaldson (2003):