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Long-barbel goatfish
Parupeneus macronemus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Long-barbel goatfish
- Scientific
- Parupeneus macronemus
- Dhivehi
- Kandu kalhuoh
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Mullidae (goatfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 40 cm (total length); commonly 20 cm (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 32 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A reddish-brown goatfish, paler below, with a black stripe along the upper side, a large black spot on the tail base and long filamentous last rays on the soft dorsal and anal fins. It forages on sandy and weedy bottoms for crustaceans and worms.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name kandu kalhuoh (MRS 1997).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Parupeneus-macronemus.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7878&GenusName=Parupeneus&SpeciesName
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Longbarbel_Goatfish,_Ancuabe,_MZ-CD,_MZ_imported_from_iNatu
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Kandu kalhuoh' (Latin form). FishBase (country: Maldives) agrees: 'Kalhu-oh'. FishBase also lists 'Kaluoh' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used.