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title: "Rode Zee-barbeel"
description: "Parupeneus forsskali — Vissen. Parupeneus forsskali, common name Red Sea goatfish, is a species of goatfish belonging to the family Mullidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-sea-goatfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rode Zee-barbeel

> Parupeneus forsskali — Vissen. Parupeneus forsskali, common name Red Sea goatfish, is a species of goatfish belonging to the family Mullidae.

- Scientific name: *Parupeneus forsskali*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1469
- Wikidata: [Q2023182](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2023182)
- iNaturalist taxon: [359362](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/359362)

## Names

- en: Red Sea Goatfish
- de: Rotmeer-Barbe
- fr: Capucin à bande noire
- nl: Rode Zee-barbeel

## Countries with the most observations

EG (510), GR (298), TR (194), CY (158), IL (71), SA (32), JO (18), SD (15), LB (4), SY (4), IT (3)

## Summary

Parupeneus forsskali, common name Red Sea goatfish, is a species of goatfish belonging to the family Mullidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parupeneus_forsskali

## Photo

![Rode Zee-barbeel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-sea-goatfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260350518

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-sea-goatfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).