lautnusantara.com Goatfish are a group of marine fish belonging to the Mullidae family. This family is known for its main characteristic, namely a pair of sensitive barbels on its chin that resemble a goat's beard. These barbels are used to search for food on the seabed.
More briefly, goatfish is a common name for fish from the Mullidae family that have two barbels on their chins and live in the sea.

Main Characteristics:

• Two Barbels on the Chin: The most distinctive feature is a pair of long and sensitive barbels on their chins. These barbels are equipped with chemoreceptor organs that are used to search for food on the seabed by exploring the sand or coral reef crevices. When not in use, these barbels can be folded into a groove in the throat.
• Two Separate Dorsal Fins: They have two clearly separated dorsal fins. The first dorsal fin has 6-8 spines, while the second dorsal fin has 1 spine and 8-9 soft rays.
• Body Shape: Their bodies are elongated and somewhat flattened.
• Color: Many goatfish species have bright colors and can change color depending on their activity. For example, when resting, they may become paler to camouflage.
• Size: Most species are small to medium-sized, with a maximum length of 60 cm (24 in) in the largest species (Parupeneus barberinus). However, most species are less than half that size.
• Teeth: They have small, cone-shaped teeth.

Goatfish are called "sea goatfish" because of two key goat-like features:

• Two barbels on the chin: These fish have a pair of long, sensitive barbels on their chin that resemble a goat's beard. These barbels are used to forage on the seabed, exploring the sand and crevices of coral reefs for small invertebrates such as worms, crustaceans, and molluscs. The movement of these barbels while foraging looks like a goat grazing.
• Color-changing ability: Some goatfish species can change color rapidly, sometimes turning pale while resting on the sand to camouflage themselves from predators. This color change may be reminiscent of the color changes in some goats.

Habitat and Distribution:

• Goatfish are widely distributed in tropical, subtropical, and some temperate waters around the world.
• They can be found in a variety of habitats, especially on shallow water bottoms such as sand, mud, and around coral reefs. Some species of the genus Upeneus can be found in deeper waters, up to 500 meters.
• Some species, such as Upeneus tragula, can enter estuaries and rivers, although not in large numbers.

In addition, in mythology and astrology, there is also the concept of the "Capricorn" or "Sea Goat" which is a legendary creature with the upper body of a goat and the lower body of a fish. Although not directly related to the naming of this fish, this concept may have contributed to the association of the name "sea goat".

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