Goldband Goatfish
Upeneus moluccensis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Mulliformes
- Family
- Mullidae
- Genus
- Upeneus
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 11 countries and 5 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 40 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 4 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records