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Common name: Goatfish
Māori name: Āhuruhuru
Scientific name: Upeneichthys porosus

Found only in New Zealand (endemic). Inhabits sand areas near reefs and occassionally kelp forests.

They eat small invertebrates, which they find with their sensitive barbels, which are very flexible and flicked over the sand. Shellfish, worms, crustaceans and small fish are eaten.

Maximum size 40cm.

Variable in colour which can change in a few seconds. Small goatfish and those feeding over sand tend to be pale, but those on the bottom of the reef almost scarlet. At night they are usually bright red.

Video Source:
Footage by Project Reef South Taranaki (https://www.projectreefsouthtaranaki.org)

Information Sources:
1. The Living Reef, the ecology of New Zealand’s living reefs (pg.228)
2. Coastal Fishes of New Zealand, Malcolm Francis (pg.111 Fourth Edition 2012)
3. The Fishes of New Zealand, (Volume 4, page 1293)
4. I-naturalist Coastblitz Patea: https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
5. I-naturalist goatfish: https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
6. Te Papa collection: https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ob...