Yellow Phase / Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Goldsaddle Goatfish
Parupeneus cyclostomus
Goldsaddle Goatfish
Category: Goatfishes
Scientific Name: Parupeneus cyclostomus
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)
Depth: 6-300 ft. (2-90 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Mulliformes (Order)
└Mullidae (Family)
└Parupeneus (Genus)
└P. cyclostomus (Species)
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