Diagnostic Description
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Back red-orange, sides and belly whitish; yellow longitudinal band present; no dark blotch on under middle of 1st dorsal fin (Ref. 5405). All fins yellow (Ref. 48636). Head length 2.9-3.4 in SL, length of snout 2.2.-2.6 and barbel 1.2-1.5 in HL. Body depth 3.4-4.5 in SL. (Ref. 90102)
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 7
Trophic Strategy
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Occur inshore (Ref. 75154). Form large schools during the day; solitary or in small groups at night when feeding. Juveniles usually found offshore in late summer (Ref. 4887).
Biology
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This occasionally schooling species inhabits sandy bottoms of reef flats, lagoons, coastal and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710, 90102). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). In large inactive aggregations by day, dispersing to sand flats to feed at night (Ref. 9710). Sometimes mixes with blue-striped snapper Lutjanus kasmira and shows blue stripes (Ref. 48636). Feeds on small worms and crustaceans. Also caught using ringnets (Ref. 5213). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874.
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Importance
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fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
分布
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廣泛分布於印度-太平洋區，
西起紅海，東到夏威夷、馬貴斯及土木土群島，北起琉球群島，南至羅的豪島。台灣各地皆有，但多分布在南部海域。
利用
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漁期全年皆有，可利用流刺網、延繩釣等漁法捕獲，肉味鮮美，適宜紅燒或油煎。特殊之覓食行為，故常被水族館做展示用。
描述
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體延長而稍側扁，呈長紡錘形。吻鈍尖，口小；上頜後部圓，不達眼前緣下方；頦鬚達前鰓蓋後緣垂線；上下頜齒絨毛狀，鋤骨與腭骨無齒。具1扁平鰓蓋棘。鱗片小，頭與體被櫛鱗，腹鰭基部具一腋鱗，眼前及吻端無鱗；側線完整，側線鱗之側線管分支；側線鱗數33-36。背鰭兩個，完全分離；臀鰭與第二背鰭相對；尾鰭深叉型。體背紅褐色，體側淡紅色至白色，腹部呈白色；體側有一條金黃色縱帶，胸鰭後上方不具黑點。腹膜為暗色。各鰭在魚體新鮮時，呈現鮮黃色。
棲地
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主要棲息於礁台、礁區或潟湖區乾淨的水域活動，行群棲性活動。喜歡在礁區外緣的砂地或軟泥地上覓食，以其頤鬚探索砂泥地中的底棲無脊椎動物為食。
Yellowfin goatfish
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The yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) is a species of goatfish native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.[2]
Description
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis sold in a fish market in
New Caledonia
M. vanicolensis can reach a maximum length of 38 cm (15 in).[2] The back is red-orange, while the flanks and the belly are whitish and the fins are yellow. The sides show a yellow longitudinal band. This species feeds on crustaceans or worms at night. By day, it forms large aggregations.[2]
Distribution and habitat
These fish are widespread in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Hawaii and the Tuamotus, north to Japan and to Lord Howe Island to the south.[2] The yellowfin goatfish is a reef-associated species. It usually can be found in lagoons and seaward reefs at depths of 1–113 m (3.3–370.7 ft).[2]
Parasites
Two genera of monogenean gill parasites, namely Volsellituba and Pennulituba, with a total of five different species, including V. orchidea, V. nabla, V. elephantina, P. piratifalx, and P. cymansis, have been reported from the yellowfin goatfish off New Caledonia, and were apparently found only on this species of fish.[3] The apocreadiid digenean Homalometron moraveci is found in the intestine.[4]
References
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^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, I. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Mulloidichthys vanicolensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69181884A115458186. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69181884A69183259.en. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Mulloidichthys vanicolensis" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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^ Řehulková, E.; Justine, JL.; Gelnar, M. (Feb 2010). "Five new monogenean species from the gills of Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Perciformes: Mullidae) off New Caledonia, with the proposal of Volsellituba n. g. and Pennulituba n. g. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae)". Systematic Parasitology. 75 (2): 125–45. doi:10.1007/s11230-009-9225-3. PMID 20119705.
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^ Bray, Rodney A.; Justine, Jean-Lou; Cribb, Thomas H. (2007). "Homalometron moraveci n. sp. (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) in the yellowfin goatfish, Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Perciformes: Mullidae), from New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef, with a checklist of digeneans of Mulloidichthys species". Zootaxa. 1525 (1): 41–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1525.1.4.
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Yellowfin goatfish: Brief Summary
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The yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) is a species of goatfish native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
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Description
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This occasionally schooling species inhabits sandy bottoms of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs. Feeds on small worms and crustaceans at night. Also caught using ringnets (Ref. 5213).
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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