Photo: Hugues Evano (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement (RBE), F-97420 Le Port, France) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 40 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, reefs; schools
The yellowstripe goatfish forms peaceful schools, silvery with a yellow stripe. It rummages in the sand with its barbels.
Did you know?
In Tahitian: vete.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Surmulet auriflamme.
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