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Updated 3/20/2020

Family Mullidae

WESTERN PACIFIC

Parupeneus barberinoides

Juvenile, Waikiki Aquarium

BICOLOR GOATFISH

A skittish solitary species of sheltered reefs and lagoons where it forages among rubble and sand between coral.  Attains 10 inches.  Central Indonesia to Micronesia and Tonga, excluding Hawaii.