Description: Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793) - spotted goatfish (active color phase) on shallow subtidal seafloor. Goatfish have two, moderately long, posteroventrally-directed barbels under the chin. They use the barbels to probe for food in the sediments, as seen above. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Mullidae Locality: just west of North Point Peninsula, eastern Graham’s Harbour, northeastern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 22 June 2010, 10:52. Source: Pseudupeneus maculatus (spotted goatfish) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.
Description: Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793) - spotted goatfish (inactive color phase) on shallow subtidal seafloor. Goatfish have two, moderately long, posteroventrally-directed barbels under the chin. They use the barbels to probe for food in the sediments. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Mullidae Locality: landward of Snapshot Reef, offshore western San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 22 March 2011, 15:02. Source: Pseudupeneus maculatus (spotted goatfish) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 3. Author: James St. John.
Description: Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793) - spotted goatfish (active color phase) on shallow subtidal seafloor. Goatfish have two, moderately long, posteroventrally-directed barbels under the chin. They use the barbels to probe for food in the sediments, as seen above. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Mullidae Locality: just west of North Point Peninsula, eastern Graham’s Harbour, northeastern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 22 June 2010, 10:35. Source: Pseudupeneus maculatus (spotted goatfish) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.