Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Goatfish

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus is commonly referred to as Goatfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9892 

AphiaID:

881626 

Scientific:

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus 

German:

Meerbarbe 

English:

Goatfish 

Category:

Goatfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mullidae (Family) > Mulloidichthys (Genus) > flavolineatus flavicaudus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fernandez-Silva & Randall, 2016 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, Sudan, (the) Maldives, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 87.8 °F (25°C - 31°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Clams, Copepods, Fish eggs, Hermit crabs, Lobster eggs, Schrimps, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Mulloidichthys ayliffe
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys dentatus
  Mexikanische Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
  Seitenfleck- bzw. Gelbstreifen- Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys martinicus
  Gelbe Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys mimicus
  Mimik-Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys pfluegeri
  Pfluegers Meeresbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
  Gelbschwanz-Meerbarbe, Großschulen-Meerbarbe

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavolineatus subsp.
  Meerbarbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-09-15 20:31:52 

Last edit:

2019-09-09 22:55:11 

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