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Manybar Goatfish

Parupeneus multifasciatus

Description:

These common goatfish are grayish, redishm or purpleish, usually with two broad light bars which becomes bright white when the fish are swimming, they can change color dramatically. They have a forked tail and two dorsal fins. They are easily recognize with their barbels, reminiscent of a goat's beard, with which they busily use to taste the sand for: worms, mollusc, and other invertebrate but they feed mainly of shrimp and crab/

Habitat:

Common on Hawaiian reefs

Notes:

Not easy to see but in the first picture part of the goat can be noted. The second picture of a smaller of the same specie.

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Eduardo.Rodriguez
Spotted by
Eduardo.Rodriguez

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Spotted on Jun 30, 2014
Submitted on Jul 13, 2014

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