Mulloidichthys or Goatfishes is a tropical marine genus of perciform fish

Fish

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in coral and rocky reef

Reef

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s of the Atlantic

Atlantic Ocean

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, Indian

Indian Ocean

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, and Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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s. 6 species are recognized in this genus.

Species

{ ellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #87cefa; border: 2px solid" Species Common name Environment & range IUCN status Mulloidichthys dentatus Mexican goatfish Marine; subtropical; reef-dwelling. NE* Mulloidichthys flavolineatus^T Yellowstripe goatfish Marine; tropical; reef-dwelling. NE Mulloidichthys martinicus Yellow goatfish Marine; subtropical; reef-dwelling. NE Mulloidichthys mimicus Mimic goatfish Marine; tropical; reef-dwelling. NE Mulloidichthys pfluegeri Orange goatfish Marine; tropical; reef-dwelling. NE Mulloidichthys vanicolensis Yellowfin goatfish Marine; tropical; reef-dwelling. NE
*) NE - Not Evaluated.

^T) Type species.