#2338 · 🐟 fish
Yellowstripe Goatfish
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
📍 Kealakekua snorkel
📍 Panglao, Bohol, Philippines
📍 Hawaii County, HI, USA
📍 Kapalua Bay, Kapalua, HI, US
📍 Honolulu County, HI, USA
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Albertini maridom · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Hubert Szczygieł · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Albertini maridom · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Kealakekua snorkel:© Matthew Bokach · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Panglao, Bohol, Philippines:© lascosas · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Hawaii County, HI, USA:© Dave Shenton · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Kapalua Bay, Kapalua, HI, US:© Chalon Boesel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Honolulu County, HI, USA:© shierandrulist · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The yellowstripe goatfish ( Mulloidichthys flavolineatus ) is a species of goatfish native to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The fish is known as Weke 'a'a in Hawaiian.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,388 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1801 (225 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yellowstripe Goatfish
- scientific name
- Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Syngnathiformes
- family
- Mullidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,388
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1801 by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Mullidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 123346, Wikidata Q2400284, GBIF 2396835, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.