A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Parupeneus multifasciatus
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/
Common on Hawaiian reefs
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.
No Comments