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title: "Yellowstripe Goatfish"
description: "Mulloidichthys flavolineatus — Vissen. The yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) is a species of goatfish native to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellowstripe-goatfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellowstripe Goatfish

> Mulloidichthys flavolineatus — Vissen. The yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) is a species of goatfish native to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Mulloidichthys flavolineatus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 4286
- Wikidata: [Q2400284](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2400284)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123346](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123346)

## Names

- en: Yellowstripe Goatfish
- de: Seitenfleck-Barbe
- es: Chivo de línea dorada
- fr: Surmulet à ligne jaune

## Countries with the most observations

US (1728), EG (328), PF (239), AU (158), ID (124), NC (114), NF (100), CK (95), FJ (86), RE (86), MU (66), PH (66)

## Summary

The yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) is a species of goatfish native to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The fish is known as Weke ʻaʻā in Hawaiian.

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

## Photo

![Yellowstripe Goatfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellowstripe-goatfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100665206

## Machine access

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