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Primary source: “Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters” — Fisheries Research Center, Jeddah, 1432H / 2011.

Fisheries Research Center – Jeddah · Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture

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Parupeneus forsskali

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Red Sea goatfish

Parupeneus forsskali

Fourmanoir & Guèzè, 1976

Goatfishes · MullidaeBony fishes

Maximum length: 17.6 cm
Depth range: —
Maximum weight: —
Maximum age: —

Book page 154

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Fisheries Research Center – Jeddah (2011). Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters (1st ed., 1432H). Ministry of Agriculture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.(Book page 154)

Taxonomy

Kingdom: AnimaliaAnimals
Phylum

Species in the same family

Goatfishes

Parupeneus barberinus

أبو دقن

Maximum length: 14.6 cm

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Goatfishes

Parupeneus cyclostomus

أبو دقن

ChordataChordates

Class

ActinopterygiiRay-finned fishes

Order

PerciformesPerciformes

Family

MullidaeGoatfishes

Genus

Parupeneus

Species

Parupeneus forsskali

Distribution

Not available

Source reference

Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters

Ministry of Agriculture, Deputy Ministry for Fisheries Affairs, Fisheries Research Center – Jeddah · 2011

Book page 154

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Maximum length

21.7 cm

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Goatfishes

Parupeneus heptacanthus

شعب

Maximum length: 24.8 cm

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Goatfishes

Parupeneus macronemus

Maximum length: 17.9 cm

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