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- EnglishName: Dash-dot goatfish
- Local Name : Maa kalhuoh’
- Size : Common to 30 cm; max. 50 cm
- Family: MULLIDAE
- Order : Perciformes
- Distinctive Characters: First dorsal fin with 8 spines, second dorsal fin with 1 spine and 8 rays. Anal fin with 1 spine and 6 rays. Pectoral fin with 16-18 (usually 17) rays. Body depth 3.2-3.5 in standard length. Body slightly elongate. Chin with two slender barbels which are shorter than or equal to snout plus eye. Snout long. 3 vertical rows of scales in space between dorsal fins.
- Colour: Pale brown to reddish brown dorsally shading to whitish on sides and ventrally. A dark reddish brown stripe from snout through eye below rear of anal fin. A black spot larger than eye just anterior to midbase of caudal fin.
- Habitat and Biology: Mostly found on shallow sandy bottoms, but reported to a depth of 100 m. Feeds mainly on benthic crustaceans and polychaetes.
- Distribution: Indo-Pacific.
- Remarks: Parupeneus barberinus like other goatfishes uses its barbels to probe into the bottom in search of
food. When prey animals are found it roots into the sand with its snout.