Saltwater
Sidespot goatfish
Parupeneus pleurostigma
Mullidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 33 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 878 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, France, French Polynesia, Guam, and 34 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Primarily an insular species. Usually solitary, it occurs in seagrass beds as well as over sand, rubble, or coral and rock bottoms of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 46 m. Benthopelagic. Feeds on benthic animals like crabs, polychaetes and other worms during the day, also shrimps, heart urchins, gastropods, pelecypods, foraminiferans, brittle stars, and fishes.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Parupenaeus pleurostigma
- Parupeneus brandesii
- Parupeneus pelurostigma
- Pseudupeneus brandesii
- Pseudupeneus pleurostigma
- Upeneus brandesii
In other languages
- Sideplettet mulle
- Blackspot goatfish, Goatfish, Round-spot goatfish, Sidedspot goatfish, Spotted goatfish, Whitespot 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.