Whitesaddle goatfish
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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Whitesaddle goatfish sometimes rest on rocks or sponges.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Whitesaddle goatfish
- Scientific name
- Parupeneus ciliatus
- Japanese name
- ホウライヒメジ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Mulliformes
- Family
- Mullidae
- Genus
- Parupeneus
It lives from Japan's Pacific and Sea of Japan coasts and the Ryukyus across the Indo-Pacific.
It looks very like the okina-himeji goatfish, but can be told apart because the mark near its tail crosses the lateral line.
How the Whitesaddle goatfish lives
They are found among coral, on rocky reefs and over sand and gravel. Over rocky reefs, they sometimes drift in schools between the seabed and the surface.
宇久井ビジターセンターBasic data
- Range
- Hachijojima, Ogasawara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Jeju Island, Taiwan, the Indo-Pacific, and elsewhere
Where the Whitesaddle goatfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ホウライヒメジ
- 简体中文
- 短须副绯鲤
- 繁體中文
- 短鬚海鯡鯉
- 한국어
- 금줄촉수
- Français
- Capucin à lignes blanches
- Português (Brasil)
- Trilha-escama-de-diamante
- Italiano
- Triglia rigata
- Русский
- Япономорская барабуля
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ホウライヒメジChecked: 2026-11-04
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — ホウライヒメジChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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