FB-66076 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66076 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Amphiliidae Zaireichthys Zaireichthys kafuensis Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011 Ayliffe's goatfish Indian mimic goatfish Mulloidichthys mimicus (non Randall & Guézé, 1980) Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (non Valenciennes, 1831) 2011-05-26 2024-03-18 Randall, J.E.0 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441) Zajonz, U., M. Khalaf and F. Krupp0 Coastal fish assemblages of the Socotra Archipelago. p.127-170. In Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity of Socotra Archipelago: marine habitat, biodiversity and fisheries surveys and management. Progress Report of Phase III. Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt. (Ref. 37631) Taquet, M. and A. Diringer0 Poissons de l'Océan Indien et de la mer Rouge. Versailles (France): Éditions Quæ. 527 p. (Ref. 81519) Uiblein, F.0 Taxonomic review of Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Mulloidichthys (Family Mullidae), with description of a new species and remarks on colour and body form variation in Indo-West Pacific species. Smithiana Bulletin 13:51-73. (Ref. 86817) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Zajonz, U., S.V. Bogorodsky, F.K.N. Saeed and E. Lavergne0 Goatfishes (Teleostei: Mullidae) of the Socotra Archipelago: diversity and distributional biogeography, with a new record of Parupeneus heptacantha. Bull Mar Sci. 100(1):23–57. (Ref. 130738) FB-GeneralDescr-66085 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-27 00:00:00 2013-07-24 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66085 Inhabits rocky reefs and coral areas. Mimics and aggregates with Lutjanus kasmira during the day. Disperses at night to feed. Uiblein, F. 2011 Taxonomic review of Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Mulloidichthys (Family Mullidae), with description of a new species and remarks on colour and body form variation in Indo-West Pacific species. Smithiana Bulletin 13:51-73. (Ref. 86817) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66085 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Kristine Elaine Paz Olisa 2013-04-16 00:00:00 2024-02-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66085 Description: Body yellow with stripes three horizontal blue ending before caudal peduncle; fins yellow. Head length 3.2-3.6 in SL, length of snout 2.2.-2.4 and barbel 1.3-1.5 in HL. Body elongation moderate, depth 3.4-3.9 in SL (Ref. 90102). Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) FB-Morphology-66085 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Kristine Elaine Paz Olisa 2013-04-16 00:00:00 2024-02-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66085 Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 7 Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) FB-Distribution-66085 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-27 00:00:00 2025-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66085 Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea, south to Seychelles, east coast of Africa to South Africa; east to Myanmar. Arabian region from western Gulf of Aden (Gulf of Tadjoura, Socotra Archipelago and Oman. Zajonz, U., S.V. Bogorodsky, F.K.N. Saeed and E. Lavergne 2024 Goatfishes (Teleostei: Mullidae) of the Socotra Archipelago: diversity and distributional biogeography, with a new record of Parupeneus heptacantha. Bull Mar Sci. 100(1):23–57. (Ref. 130738) FB-Size-66085 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-27 00:00:00 2013-07-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66085 24.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 86817)) Uiblein, F. 2011 Taxonomic review of Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Mulloidichthys (Family Mullidae), with description of a new species and remarks on colour and body form variation in Indo-West Pacific species. Smithiana Bulletin 13:51-73. (Ref. 86817) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-66085 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2011-05-27 00:00:00 2013-07-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66085 reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 35 m (Ref. 90102) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)