{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Dash-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus) (47615609001).jpg | image_caption = Dash-and-dot goatfish<br />(''Parupeneus barberinus'') | taxon = Parupeneus | authority = Bleeker, 1863<ref>Bleeker, P. 1863: ''Onzième notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'île de Ternate''. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1: 228-238.</ref> | type_species = ''Mullus barberinus'' | type_species_authority = Cuvier, 1829 | synonyms = * ''Hogbinia'' <small>Whitley, 1929</small> * ''Barbupeneus'' <small>Whitley, 1931</small> * ''Caprupeneus'' <small>Whitley, 1931</small> }}
'''''Parupeneus''''' is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.<ref name=FishBase/>
==Species== There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Parupeneus| month = December | year = 2013}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |''Parupeneus angulatus'' <small>Randall & Heemstra, 2009</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus barberinoides'' <small>(Bleeker, 1852)</small> |Bicolor goatfish |{{CSS image crop|Image=IndoHJ.jpg|bSize=250|oTop=35|cHeight=130}} |- |''Parupeneus barberinus'' <small>(Lacépède, 1801)</small> |Dash-and-dot goatfish |{{CSS image crop|Image=Parupeneus barberinus.JPG|bSize=250|cHeight=120|oTop=25}} |- |''Parupeneus biaculeatus'' <small>(Richardson, 1846)</small> |Pointed goatfish |{{CSS image crop|Image=UmihigoiSp1.jpg|bSize=250|oTop=30|cHeight=120}} |- |''Parupeneus chrysonemus'' <small>(Jordan & Evermann, 1903)</small> |Yellow-threaded goatfish | |- |''Parupeneus chrysopleuron'' <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)</small> |Yellow striped goatfish |frameless |- |''Parupeneus ciliatus'' <small>(Lacepède, 1802)</small> |Whitesaddle goatfish |frameless |- |''Parupeneus crassilabris'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1831)</small> | |frameless |- |''Parupeneus cyclostomus'' <small>(Lacepède, 1801)</small> | |{{CSS image crop|Image=Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus).jpg|bSize=250|oTop=50|cHeight=100}} |- |''Parupeneus diagonalis'' <small>Randall, 2004</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus forsskali'' <small>(Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)</small> |Red Sea goatfish |{{CSS image crop|Image=Parupeneus forsskali, Jazan Province Saudi Arabia imported from iNaturalist photo 260751811.jpg|bSize=250|cHeight=100|oTop=10}} |- |''Parupeneus fraserorum'' <small>Randall & King, 2009</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus heptacanthus'' <small>(Lacepède, 1802)</small> |Cinnabar goatfish |{{CSS image crop|Image=Parupeneus heptacantha 325008380.jpg|bSize=250|cHeight=100|oTop=75}} |- |''Parupeneus indicus'' <small>(Shaw, 1803)</small> |Indian goatfish |frameless |- |''Parupeneus insularis'' <small>Randall & Myers, 2002</small> |Twosaddle goatfish |frameless |- |''Parupeneus jansenii'' <small>(Bleeker, 1856)</small> |Jansen's goatfish | |- |''Parupeneus louise'' <small>Randall, 2004</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus macronemus'' <small>(Lacepède, 1801)</small> |Long-barbel goatfish |frameless |- |''Parupeneus margaritatus'' <small>Randall & Guézé, 1984</small> |Pearly goatfish |{{CSS image crop|Image=Múlido (Parupeneus margaritatus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 21.jpg|bSize=250|cHeight=100|oTop=30}} |- |''Parupeneus minys'' <small>Randall & Heemstra, 2009</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus moffitti'' <small>Randall & Myers, 1993</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus multifasciatus'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)</small> |Manybar goatfish |{{CSS image crop|Image=Manybar Goatfish, Kauai County, HI, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 204481171.jpg|bSize=250|cHeight=100|oTop=20}} |- |''Parupeneus nansen'' <small>Randall & Heemstra, 2009</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus orientalis'' <small>(Fowler, 1933)</small> |Rapanui goatfish | |- |''Parupeneus pleurostigma'' <small>(Bennett, 1831)</small> |Sidespot goatfish |{{CSS image crop|Image=Sidespot goatfish (Parupeneus pleurostigma).jpg|bSize=250|oTop=45|cHeight=110}} |- |''Parupeneus porphyreus'' <small>(Jenkins, 1903)</small> | |frameless |- |''Parupeneus posteli'' <small>Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus procerigena'' <small>Kim & Amaoka, 2001</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus rubescens'' <small>(Lacepède, 1801)</small> |Rosy goatfish |frameless |- |''Parupeneus seychellensis'' <small>(J.L.B. Smith & Smith, 1963)</small> | | |- |''Parupeneus spilurus'' <small>(Bleeker, 1854)</small> |Blackspot goatfish |frameless |- |''Parupeneus trifasciatus'' <small>(Lacepède, 1801)</small> |Doublebar goatfish |frameless |}
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="140"> File:Yellow striped goatfish ( Parupeneus chrysopleuron ).jpg|A school of yellow-striped goatfish (''P. chrysopleuron'') and whitesaddle goatfish searching food on the sandy bottom, northeast coast, Taiwan File:Parupeneus cyclostomus, dans deux livrées différentes.JPG|Goldsaddle goatfish (''P. cyclostomus'') in two different robes. File:Parupeneus ciliatus 425412130.jpg|''P. spilurus'' (middle) schooling with ''P. ciliatus'' </gallery>
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