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Parupeneus forsskali, Red Sea goatfish : fisheries, aquarium
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Mulliformes
(Goatfishes) >
Mullidae
(Goatfishes)
Etymology:
Parupeneus:
Latin, parum, parvum = small + Peneus, the name of a river
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 45 m (Ref.
96856
). Subtropical
Indian Ocean: Red Sea into the Gulf of Aden and recorded from Socotra (Ref.
54393
). Suez canal migrant and now established in the eastern Mediterranean.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
2272
); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
5450
); max. published weight: 275.30 g (Ref.
121845
)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 8;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9;
Anal
soft rays
: 7. Diagnosis: Pectoral rays 14-17 (usually 16). Gill rakers 7-9 + 23-26 (total 30-34). Body relatively elongate, the depth 3.65-4.2 in SL; head length (HL) 2.9-3.25 in SL; snout length 1.7-1.9 in HL; barbel length 1.4-1.5 in HL; longest dorsal spine 1.5-1.7 in HL; penultimate dorsal ray 1.15-1.25 in length of last dorsal ray; pectoral-fin length 1.4-1.65 in HL; pelvic-fin length 1.4-1.6 in HL. A broad black stripe is present from side of upper lip through eye along upper side of body, ending beneath posterior part of second dorsal fin; body above stripe grayish green, the scale edges yellow; body below stripe white, the scale edges narrowly reddish; caudal peduncle yellow dorsally with an irregular roundish black spot, mostly above lateral line; caudal fin yellow; second dorsal and anal fins with narrow blue and yellow stripes; peritoneum pale (Ref.
54393
).
The most common goatfish in shallow water in the Red Sea. Usually found on sand bottoms near coral reefs (Ref.
3470
). Feeds on invertebrates that live on sand (Ref.
13550
).
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Randall, J.E.
, 2004. Revision of the goatfish genus
Parupeneus
(Perciformes: Mullidae), with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (36):64 p. (Ref.
54393
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
12 August 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 27.7 °C (based on 910 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00524 - 0.01663), b=3.10 (2.95 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.5 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 2.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Medium
.
Nutrients (Ref.
124155
): Calcium = 34.3 [13.2, 92.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.415 [0.184, 1.045] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [16, 22] %; Omega3 = 0.215 [0.096, 0.490] g/100g; Selenium = 26.9 [10.2, 87.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 67.9 [9.7, 507.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.483 [0.255, 0.980] mg/100g (wet weight);
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