Parupeneus heptacanthus

Parupeneus heptacanthus, commonly known as cinnabar goatfish, and sold in UK as "Red Mullet", is a marine fish native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2]

Parupeneus heptacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Parupeneus
Species:
P. heptacanthus
Binomial name
Parupeneus heptacanthus
(Lacepède, 1802)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sciaena heptacantha Lacepède, 1802
  • Pseudupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
  • Upeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
  • Upeneus cinnabarinus Cuvier, 1829
  • Parupeneus cinnabarinus (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Upeneus pleurospilos Bleeker, 1853
  • Parupeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Pseudupeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Pseudupeneus xanthopurpureusFourmanoir, 1957

Parasites

As in other fish, the cinnabar goatfish has many parasites, including the physalopterid nematode Rasheedia heptacanthi, a parasite of its digestive system.

References
  1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, I. (2016). "Parupeneus heptacanthus (errata version published in 2017)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T46086532A115393394. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Parupeneus &speciesname= heptacanthus" Parupeneus heptacanthus " in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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