Parupeneus cyclostomus
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| Common Name | |
| Yellow Goatfish | |
| Binomial Name | |
| Parupeneus cyclostomus | |
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| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Mullidae |
| Genus: | Parupeneus |
| Species: | cyclostomus |
Common Names
- Yellow Goatfish
- Yellow Saddle Goatfish
- Goldsaddle Goatfish
Characteristics
Description
Solid Yellow in colour with chemosensory barbels or "whiskers" protruding from their chins.
Similar Species
Any species that look similar to this one, that may be mixed up.
Maximum Size
Max length : 50.0 cm, Common length : 35.0 cm.[1]
Associated Organisms
Anything that lives in symbiosis, parasitic or opportunistically with it.
Behaviour
These extremely hardy fish are very active, always pacing up and down the length of your tank stirring up the substrate in search of food.
Captive Care
Tank Size
600 litre or more tank due to the size of the fish and to supply a large open area for foraging.
Water Flow
Moderate
Lighting
Moderate
Feeding
Minimum daily feedings of chunky prepared or frozen seafoods or commercially available large pellets, by nature they are opportunistic predators so small live or frozen fish are acceptable.
Growth Rate
How quickly it will grow under various conditions.
Diseases
Things that adversely effect it, such as bacterial infections, parasites etc.
Other
Addition things / items that are important for care in captivity.
Gallery
Compatibility
Fish
Take extreme care adding any smaller species of fish that could possibly become a sizeable meal
Coral
Does it have coral that it is not compatible with?
Invertebrate
Will eat most species of shrimp and crab.
Reproduction
How it reproduces, how suitable it is to breeding or captive propagation, techniques on how to etc.
Local Ecology
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Durban, South Africa and east to the Hawaiian, Line, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and Rapa.[1]
Habitat
Found on coral, rocky, or rubble bottoms of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs.[1]
Additional Information
Some additional notes on it that don't fit in the above sections.
Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (http://www.fishbase.org): Froese, R., Pauly, D. Fish Base, World Wide Web electronic publication, 2008, Retrieved: 13 March 2011, http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5990.
