Parupeneus Bleeker, 1863

Uiblein, Franz, Hoang, Tuan Anh, Alama, Ulysses, Causse, Romain, Chacate, Osvaldo E., Fahmi, Garibay, Soledad & Matiku, Patroba, 2018, A new species and new records of goatfishes of the genus Parupeneus (Mullidae) from the Indian Ocean, with updated occurrence information for P. jansenii in the Western Pacific, Cybium 42 (3), pp. 229-256 : 233

Genus Parupeneus Bleeker, 1863

Diagnosis

Dorsal fins VIII + 9; pectoral fins 14-18; gill rakers 5-10 + 18-32 = 24-42; lateral-line scales 27-29 plus 3 on caudal-fin base. Teeth on both jaws bluntly conical, in one row, wellspaced; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Body depth 23-40% SL in adults; barbels 20-31% SL; snout length 13-20 % SL, longer than postorbital length in adults. Colour pattern on head and body often diagnostic; fins usually without dark brown or black markings, except for the second dorsal fin in a few species.

Remarks

A revision of the genus was done by Randall (2004). Thirty-three species, including the here described Parupeneus inayatae n. sp. Nineteen species in the WIO ( Tab. I), of which one species, Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) , occurs also in the Mediterranean as a Lessepsian migrant ( Mehanna et al., 2016).