Long-barbel Goatfish (Parupeneus macronema): Recognised by its reddish colouring and thick black stripe running from eye to black dot on tail, the 30 cm Long-barbel Goatfish can been seen feeding on rubble patches aound the dead parts of coral. The workers of the Lagoon, Goatfish are always foraging about on the seabed, their heads buried in the sand and raising a thick cloud of dust. The two long barbels located under their jaws, which give them their name, contain chemical sense organs that enable them to find invertebrates like shrimps or worms beneath the sand. Apart from their chin whiskers, you will recognise them by their streamlined body with two dorsal fins and a forked tail. Goatfish are commercially important because their flesh tastes like shrimp.