Dash-and-dot Goatfish
Parupeneus forsskali
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Mullidae
Le Rouget de mer Rouge ou Rouget-barbet à bande noire (Parupeneus forsskali) est un poisson osseux de la famille des Mullidés.
Parupeneus forsskali, common name Red Sea goatfish, is a species of goatfish belonging to the family Mullidae. Etymology The species name forsskali honors the Swedish naturalist and explorer Peter Forsskål (1732-1763). Forsskål originally described this fish as Mullus auriflamma but the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature suppressed this name in its decision number 846 and in 1976 Fourmanoir & Guézé proposed the name Pseudupeneus forsskali.
Parupeneus forsskali es una especie de peces de la familia Mullidae en el orden de los Perciformes. Morfología Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 28 cm de longitud total. Distribución geográfica Se encuentra en el Mar Rojo, el Golfo de Adén y Socotra.
Distribution
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