Yellowstripe Goatfish

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus

Bislamamustasfis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

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Habitat: Sand & rubble
Max size: 43 cm
Depth: 1-99 m
Family: Mullidae

The yellowstripe goatfish is a species of goatfish native to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The fish is known as Weke ʻaʻā in Hawaiian.

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Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Both are pale goatfish with a yellow stripe from the eye to the tail, and both rest in schools by day. Yellowstripe Goatfish has a grey to olive back, a longer snout, and usually a dark blotch on the side below the first dorsal fin. Yellowfin Goatfish has a red-orange back, bright yellow fins all round and no dark blotch; it sometimes schools with Common Bluestripe Snapper and then shows blue stripes itself.

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