Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 6. Color variable; with or without a black saddle on caudal peduncle (Ref. 5405).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Mulliformes

Family: Mullidae

Genus: Parupeneus

Species: Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801)

Climate Zone

Biology

Found on sandy bottoms and murky areas of coastal waters (Ref. 5213).

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless