Yellowstripe goatfish
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellowstripe goatfish
- Scientific
- Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Mullidae (goatfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 43 cm (total length); commonly 25 cm; max. published weight 423.30 g
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 99 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A slender goatfish, grey to olive above and white below, with a yellow stripe from the eye to the tail and often a dark blotch below the first dorsal fin. It forms large resting schools by day over sand and probes the sand with its two chin barbels to find worms, crustaceans and molluscs. Other fish often follow foraging goatfish to snatch disturbed prey.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives on the FishBase country checklist (status: present). No Maldives-specific information was found in MRS (1997) or the other sources reviewed, and no Dhivehi name is recorded.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Mulloidichthys-flavolineatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Mulloidichthys_flavolineatus_-_Yellowstripe_goatfish.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.