Doublebar goatfish
Parupeneus insularis
- Usual depth5–22 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and April
- How commonCommon
Photo credit: (c) Alessandro Franchini, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Parupeneus insularis is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mullidae, the goatfishes, found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Parupeneus insularis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 242 records
- February: 332 records
- March: 868 records
- April: 1,085 records
- May: 586 records
- June: 489 records
- July: 342 records
- August: 411 records
- September: 448 records
- October: 200 records
- November: 72 records
- December: 15 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–22 m · Deepest record: 41.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Photos
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Lawrence Troup, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Doublebar goatfish, Insular Goatfish, Island Goatfish, Joe Louis, Two-barred goatfish, Twosaddle goatfish
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Poisson chèvre insulaire, Poisson-chèvre insulaire
- Japanese
- Futaobiminamihimeji, フタオビミナミヒメジ
Similar species
Gold-saddle goatfishParupeneus cyclostomus
Bighead goatfishParupeneus heptacantha
Banded GoatfishParupeneus multifasciatus
Bicolor goatfishParupeneus barberinoides
Dash-and-dot goatfishParupeneus barberinus
Rosy GoatfishParupeneus chrysopleuron
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 4,958 open-data records from 1902 to 2019.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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