Banded Goatfish

About this species

Parupeneus multifasciatus, the manybar goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the eastern Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean where it is found from Christmas Island to the Hawaiian Islands and from southern Japan to Lord Howe Island.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 502 records
February: 809 records
March: 1,599 records
April: 2,415 records
May: 1,540 records
June: 1,875 records
July: 2,443 records
August: 3,031 records
September: 4,220 records
October: 2,643 records
November: 795 records
December: 365 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–23 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 6,737 records
10–20 m: 8,550 records
20–30 m: 3,645 records
30–40 m: 74 records
40–50 m: 46 records
50–60 m: 59 records
60–70 m: 21 records
70–80 m: 26 records
80–90 m: 26 records
90–100 m: 6 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 42 records
24–26 °C: 375 records
26–28 °C: 101 records
28–30 °C: 266 records

Photos

(c) Rickard Zerpe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nick T., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Mike Bowie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thibaud Aronson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mike Bowie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Banded Goatfish, common goatfish, Five-barred Goatfish, Manybar goatfish, moano, Multibar Goatfish, Multibarred Goatfish

Names in 6 more languages

German: Vielstreifen-Barbe
Spanish: Chivo Bandeado
Filipino: Bisugo, Dalagang bukid, Manitis, Salmonito, Salmunete, Saramulyeteng hato, Saramulyeteng hulik, Saramulyeteng tagisi, Tuyo, Yangutan
French: Capucin à trois selles, Poisson-chèvre à bandes, Rouget à trois bandes, Rouget-barbet à trois selles
Japanese: Ojisan, オジサン
Simplified Chinese: 多带副绯鲤, 多帶副緋鯉, 多帶海緋鯉, 多帶海鯡鯉, 秋姑, 老爺, 鬚哥

Other scientific names: Mullus multifasciatus, Parupeneus multifaciatus, Pseudupeneus moana, Pseudupeneus multifasciatus, Upeneus atrocingulatus, Upeneus velifer, Upeneus vilifex

Similar species

Gold-saddle goatfish
Parupeneus cyclostomus
Bighead goatfish
Parupeneus heptacantha
Bicolor goatfish
Parupeneus barberinoides
Dash-and-dot goatfish
Parupeneus barberinus
Double-banded Goatfish
Parupeneus crassilabris
Forsskal's goatfish
Parupeneus forsskali

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).
23,337 open-data records from 1880 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.