Image prise en Mer d'Oman

Classification : Actinopterygii - Perciformes - Famille des mullidae
Barbet Perle, Pearly goatfish, Perlen-Meerbarbe
Taille maximale 23 cm. Zone de répartition : de 1m jusqu'a 55m

Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (now Oman sea) to western Pakistan.

Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 24. Diagnosis: Pectoral rays 15-17 (usually 16). Gill rakers 6-8 + 22-25 (total 29-33). Body moderately elongate, the depth 3.5-4.05 in SL (to 4.35 in juveniles); head length (HL) 2.75-3.0 in SL; snout length 1.75-2.3 in head length; upper-jaw length 3.0-3.5 in HL; barbels relatively short, 1.4-1.65 in HL; third dorsal spine longest, 1.65-1.95 in HL; last dorsal soft ray only slightly longer than penultimate ray; pectoral-fin length 1.5-1.7 in HL; pelvic-fin length 1.5-1.8 in HL. Gray to brownish red dorsally, whitish to light red ventrally, with a small pearly white to pale blue spot on each scale of body below the lateral line (center of scales on body above lateral line whitish but not as a distinct spot); an elongate white spot anteriorly on upper side of caudal peduncle, sometimes followed by a dusky spot of about the same size; a brown band on snout from upper lip to eye, often continuing onto postorbital head and narrowly a short distance onto body (band usually not persisting in preservative)

La famille des mullidae comprend en autre les espèces suivantes :

Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852) - Bicolor goatfish
Parupeneus barberinusT (Lacepède, 1801) - Dash-and-dot goatfish
Parupeneus biaculeatus (Richardson, 1846) - Pointed goatfish
Parupeneus chrysonemus (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) - Yellow-threaded goatfish
Parupeneus chrysopleuron (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - Yellow striped goatfish
Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède, 1802) - Whitesaddle goatfish
Parupeneus crassilabris (Valenciennes, 1831) - Doublebar goatfish
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801) - Goldsaddle goatfish
Parupeneus diagonalis (Randall, 2004)
Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) - Red Sea goatfish
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802) - Cinnabar goatfish
Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803) - Indian goatfish
Parupeneus insularis(Randall & Myers, 2002 - Twosaddle goatfish
Parupeneus jansenii (Bleeker, 1856)
Parupeneus louise (Randall, 2004)
Parupeneus macronemus (Lacepède, 1801) - Longbarbel goatfish
Parupeneus moffitti (Randall & Myers, 1993)
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) - Anybar goatfish
Parupeneus orientalis (Fowler, 1933)
Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831) - Sidespot goatfish
Parupeneus porphyreus (Jenkins, 1903)
Parupeneus posteli (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967)
Parupeneus procerigena (Kim & Amaoka, 2001)
Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801) - Rosy goatfish
Parupeneus signatus (Günther, 1867) - Black-spot goatfish
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854) - Blackspot goatfish
Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)