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Sidespot goatfish
Parupeneus pleurostigma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Sidespot goatfish
- Scientific
- Parupeneus pleurostigma
- Dhivehi
- Lah kalhuoh’
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Mullidae (goatfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 33 cm (total length); commonly 20 cm; max. published weight 9060 g (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 30 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 120 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2015
Description
A pale yellowish-brown to light red goatfish with a large round black spot on the side below the gap between the dorsal fins, followed by a pale area. It forages over sand, rubble and seagrass near reefs. Males wiggle their barbels rapidly during courtship.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name lah kalhuoh (MRS 1997). MRS calls it a fairly common goatfish in the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Parupeneus-pleurostigma.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Múlido_(Parupeneus_pleurostigma),_Zanzíbar,_Tanzania,_2024-
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Lah kalhuoh’' (Latin form).