Saltwater fish. Goatfishes. Bottomdweller in sandy and grassy areas near reef scouring for food, by poking its barbels into the sediment. By night it lies motionless on the bottom. Males are larger and are more abundant than females.

- Yellow Goatfish Mulloidichthys martinicus

Size: 15 to 30 cm, max 32,5 cm.
Colour: When active it is white with three square blotches on each side, it can pale of darken the blotches at will.
Shape: The snout is long and pointed with two long barbels.

Inhabits coral reefs.  Bottomdweller in sandy and grassy areas near reef scouring for food, by poking its barbels into the sediment.

BES-eilanden: St Eustatius.

[Marion Haarsma, feb. 2016]

- DeLoach, N., & Humann, P. (2002). Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas - 3th Edition. New World Publications, Inc.

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