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Updated 8/9/2024

Family Mullidae

ASIAN PACIFIC

Parupeneus crassilabris





Palau

Juvenile, Beqa, Fiji


Wetar, Indonesia

Teun, Indonesia

Wakatobi, Indonesia

 

  
   

THICKLIPPED GOATFISH

Fairly common on coral reefs where it rests on the bottom and feeds during dawn and dusk.  Attains 10 inches.  Western Australia to Okinawa and Tonga.  Formerly known as Parupeneus bifasciatus.  Related to the Central Pacific Parupeneus insularis and Indian Ocean Parupeneus trifasciatus.