Parupeneus margaritatus Pearly goatfish

Parupeneus margaritatus is commonly referred to as Pearly goatfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7377 

AphiaID:

277818 

Scientific:

Parupeneus margaritatus 

German:

Meerbarbe 

English:

Pearly Goatfish 

Category:

Muller 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mullidae (Family) > Parupeneus (Genus) > margaritatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Randall & Guézé, 1984 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Western Indian Ocean 

Size:

up to 9.06" (23 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Parupeneus angulatus
• 
  Parupeneus barberinoides
  Zweifarben-Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus barberinus
  Strichpunkt-Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus biaculeatus
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus chrysonemus
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus chrysopleuron
  Gelbgestreifte Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus ciliatus
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus crassilabris
  Weißstreifen-Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus cyclostomus
  Gelbsattel-Meerbarbe - Goldsattel-Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus diagonalis
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus forsskali
  Rotmeer-Barbe
• 
  Parupeneus fraserorum
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus heptacanthus
  Rottupfen-Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus indicus
  Indische Barbe
• 
  Parupeneus insularis
  Meerbarbe
• Parupeneus jansenii
• Parupeneus louise
• 
  Parupeneus macronemus
  Langbartel-Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus margaritatus
  Meerbarbe
• Parupeneus minys
• Parupeneus moffitti
• 
  Parupeneus multifasciatus
  Vielstreifen-Meerbarbe
• Parupeneus nansen
• Parupeneus orientalis
• 
  Parupeneus pleurostigma
  Meerbarbe
• Parupeneus porphyreus
• Parupeneus posteli
• Parupeneus procerigena
• Parupeneus rubescens
• Parupeneus seychellensis
• 
  Parupeneus spilurus
  Japanische Meerbarbe
• 
  Parupeneus trifasciatus
  Dreigestreifte-Meerbarbe
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-20 17:58:09 

Last edit:

2014-07-20 17:58:09 

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