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West African Goatfish
Pierre Benoey, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

West African Goatfish

Pseudupeneus prayensis (Cuvier, 1829)

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Names

EnglishWest African Goatfish
DutchWest-Afrikaanse mul
SpanishSalmonete barbudo
Chinese西非拟绯鲤
Scientific namePseudupeneus prayensis (Cuvier, 1829)

About this species

Pseudupeneus prayensis, the West African goatfish, is a species of goatfish, a marine ray-finned fish from the family Mullidae. This fish grows to 55 cm maximal length. The species name "prayensis" refers to the city Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, the species was described with a type locality of "Port Praya, Cape Verde Islands".

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyMullidae
GenusPseudupeneus

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