Saltwater
Manybar goatfish
Parupeneus multifasciatus
Mullidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 35 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 1,044 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in American Samoa, Australia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, and 25 more countries.
More about the species
Description
This occasionally schooling species occurs over sand patches as well as rubble, consolidated limestone, or coral bottoms from reef flats and shallow lagoons. Benthopelagic. Feeds primarily on small crabs and shrimps during the day, also demersal fish eggs, mollusks, and foraminiferans. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Mullus multifasciatus
- Parupeneus multifaciatus
- Parupeneus sp. 2
- Parupeneus trifasciatus
- Pseudupeneus moana
- Pseudupeneus multifasciatus
In other languages
- Banded goatfish, Five-barred goatfish, Goatfish, Multibar goatfish, Multibarred goatfish
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.