Mulloidichthys Explained

Mulloidichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mullidae native to coral and rocky reefs of the tropical Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

• Mulloidichthys ayliffe Uiblein, 2011 (Indian mimic goatfish) ^[2]
• Mulloidichthys dentatus (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Mexican goatfish)
• Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacépède, 1801)
  • M. f. flavicaudus Fernández-Silva & J. E. Randall, 2016 (Yellow-tail goatfish) ^[3]
  • M. f. flavolineatus (Lacépède, 1801) (Yellow-stripe goatfish)
• Mulloidichthys martinicus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Yellow goatfish)
• Mulloidichthys mimicus J. E. Randall & Guézé, 1980 (Mimic goatfish)
• Mulloidichthys pfluegeri (Steindachner, 1900) (Orange goatfish)
• Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Yellow-fin goatfish)

Notes and References

1. Book: Lieske, E. . Myers, R. . amp . 2002 . Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean Including the Red Sea . HarperCollins Publishers . 400 . 9780691089959 . registration .
2. Uiblein . Franz . 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 . 2011 . 13 . 51–73 .
3. Fernandez-Silva . Iria . Randall . John E. . Golani . Daniel . Bogorodsky . Sergey V. . Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Fernandez-Silva & Randall (Perciformes, Mullidae), a new subspecies of goatfish from the Red Sea and Arabian Sea . ZooKeys . 2016 . 605 . 131–157 . 10.3897/zookeys.605.8060. 27551217 . free . 4978075 .