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> Goatfishes > Parupeneus pleurostigma
Updated 1/1/2013
Family Mullidae
HAWAII
Parupeneus
pleurostigma
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 25 feet |
Lanai Lookout, Oahu, 40 feet
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Juvenile, Waimea Bay, Oahu, 30 feet
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Night, Tug Pier, Midway, 20 feet |
Lana'i Lookout, Oahu, 40 feet |
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SIDESPOT
GOATFISH malu
Fairly common on sandy reefs at scuba depths where it
feeds upon invertebrates during the day. Pinkish-gray with a black
blotch below the first dorsal fin followed by a large white area.
Assumes a mottled red, white, and black pattern at night.
Attains 13 inches. Hawai'i and the Indo-Pacific. |
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