HomeMarine aquarium fishOther marine fishManybar goatfish Manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) Scientific name: Parupeneus multifasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 The Manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) is a marine fish of the family Mullidae. BiologyThis occasionally schooling species occurs over sand patches as well as rubble, consolidated limestone, or coral bottoms from reef flats and shallow lagoons. Benthopelagic. Feeds primarily on small crabs and shrimps during the day, also demersal fish eggs, mollusks, and foraminiferans. Minimum depth reported taken from.Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0. Species factsScientific nameParupeneus multifasciatusFamilyMullidae (Goatfishes)OrderPerciformes (Perch-like fish)ClassActinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)Maximum length35.0Common length20.0Depth range3–161 m (10–528 ft)EnvironmentMarine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 161 mClimateTropicalDistributionPacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian, Line, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa Islands.Conservation status (IUCN)Least Concern (LC)Threat to humansHarmlessUsesFisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercialResilienceMedium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) More other marine fishSidespot goatfishParupeneus pleurostigmaGold-saddle goatfishParupeneus cyclostomusDash-and-dot goatfishParupeneus barberinusBicolor goatfishParupeneus barberinoidesYellowstripe goatfishMulloidichthys flavolineatusSharptooth houndsharkTriakis megalopterusSee all other marine fish SourcesTaxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.Last updated 27 September 2026