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][2]
Mimicry
Several species of Mulloidichthys mimic the appearance of other fish species. M. mimicus mimics and schools with the snapper Lutjanus kasmira,[3] while M. martinicus mimics and schools with grunts in the genus Haemulon.[4]
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
| Species | Common name | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulloidichthys ayliffe
Uiblein, 2011 |
Indian mimic goatfish[5] | 
| |
| Mulloidichthys dentatus
(T. N. Gill, 1862) |
Mexican goatfish | 
| |
| Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
(Lacépède, 1801) |
M. f. flavicaudus
Fernández-Silva & J. E. Randall, 2016[6] |
Yellow-tail goatfish[6] | 
|
| 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 | 
| |
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mulloidichthys". FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Lieske, E. & Myers, R. (2002). Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean Including the Red Sea. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 400. ISBN 9780691089959.
- ^ John E Randall; Paul Gueze (1980). The goatfish Mulloidichthys mimicus n. sp. (Pisces, Mullidae) from Oceania, a mimic of the snapper Lutjanus kasmira (Pisces, Lutjanidae).
- ^ Krajewski, João Paulo; Bonaldo, Roberta Martini; Sazima, Cristina; Sazima, Ivan (2004). "The association of the goatfish mulloidichthys martinicus with the grunt haemulon chrysargyreum: an example of protective mimicry". Biota Neotropica. 4 (2): 1–4. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032004000200016. ISSN 1676-0611.
- ^ Uiblein, Franz (2011). "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. 13: 51–73.
- ^ a b Fernandez-Silva, Iria; Randall, John E.; Golani, Daniel; Bogorodsky, Sergey V. (2016). "Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Fernandez-Silva & Randall (Perciformes, Mullidae), a new subspecies of goatfish from the Red Sea and Arabian Sea". ZooKeys (605): 131–157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.605.8060. PMC 4978075. PMID 27551217.
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