Scientific name:
Parupeneus multifasciatus
Distinctive features:
Three to four wide bars on the body. One dark bar at the base of the tail. Black Band behind eye.
Size:
to 30 cm (12 in.)
Light gray to brownish purple or red with three to four wide bars on the body, including one dark bar at the base of the tail, which distinguishes it from similar looking goatfish with bars but that have white at the base of the tail. Manybar goatfish will also often a dark streak at the eye.