Goldband Goatfish
Upeneus moluccensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Upeneus moluccensis, the goldband goatfish, golden-banded goatfish or Moluccan goatfish, is a species of Indo-Pacific goatfish from the red mullet and goatfish family, the Mullidae. It is widespread in the warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans as far east as New Caledonia and has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal, making it a Lessepsian migrant.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Mullidae
- Genus
- Upeneus