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Gold-saddle goatfish
Parupeneus cyclostomus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Gold-saddle goatfish
- Scientific
- Parupeneus cyclostomus
- Dhivehi
- Reedhoo kalhu-oh
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Mullidae (goatfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (total length); commonly 35 cm; max. published weight 2.3 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 125 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A goatfish with very long barbels and a yellow saddle on the tail base; it may be yellow all over or purplish grey with yellow scale edges. It hunts small fish and crustaceans by pushing its barbels into holes in the reef, often accompanied by other predators.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives reedhoo kalhu-oh.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Parupeneus-cyclostomus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5990&GenusName=Parupeneus&SpeciesName
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Salmonete_amarillo_(Parupeneus_cyclostomus),_mar_Rojo,_Egip
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Reedhoo kalhu-oh' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.