Blue-lined goatfish
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| Blue-lined goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Mullidae |
| Genus: | Upeneichthys |
| Species: | U. lineatus |
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| Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
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The blue-lined goatfish or red mullet, Upeneichthys lineatus, is a goatfish of the family Mullidae, found off eastern Australia and around New Zealand at depths of between 5 and 100 m. Its length is up to 30 cm.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Upeneichthys lineatus" in FishBase. March 2005 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
