#2368 · 🐟 fish
Manybar Goatfish
Parupeneus multifasciatus
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what is it?
Parupeneus multifasciatus , the manybar goatfish , is a species of goatfish native to the eastern Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean where it is found from Christmas Island to the Hawaiian Islands and from southern Japan to Lord Howe Island. 2 ft). Males of this species can reach a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) TL while females only reach...
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.
- 3,931 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1825 (201 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Manybar Goatfish
- scientific name
- Parupeneus multifasciatus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Syngnathiformes
- family
- Mullidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,931
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1825 by Joseph Paul Gaimard
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Mullidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 131234, Wikidata Q2180413, GBIF 2396623, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.