Upeneus
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| Yellowstriped goatfish Upeneus vittatus | |
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| Genus: | Upeneichthys Cuvier, 1829:157 [1]
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| Mullus vittatus Forsskål, 1775
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Hypeneus Agassiz, 1846
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Upeneus or Goatfishes is Subtropical marine genus of perciform fish of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in Eastern Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific.[2] 27 species are recognized in this genus.
Species
| Species[3][4] | Taxon authority | Common name[3] | Environment & range[5] |
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| Upeneus asymmetricus | Lachner, 1954 | Asymmetrical goatfish | Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and the Indo-Australian Archipelago. |
| Upeneus australiae | Kim & Nakaya, 2002 | Australian goatfish | Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific; Australia. |
| Upeneus davidaromi | Golani, 2001 | Arom's goatfish | Red Sea; Deep-water (150-500 m). |
| Upeneus doriae | (Günther, 1869) | Gilded goatfish | Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. |
| Upeneus filifer | (Ogilby, 1910) | Pennant goatfish | Western Central Pacific. |
| Upeneus francisi | Randall & Guézé, 1992 | Francis' goatfish | Norfolk Island and New Zealand. |
| Upeneus guttatus | (Day, 1868) | Two-tone goatfish | Indo-West Pacific: The Red Sea to South Africa and to northern Australia. |
| Upeneus indicus | Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 | Tall-fin goatfish | Western India. |
| Upeneus japonicus | (Houttuyn, 1782) | Bensasi goatfish | Japan north to Korea and south to Taiwan and Hong Kong. |
| Upeneus luzonius | Jordan & Seale, 1907 | Dark-barred goatfish | Indonesia and northwestern Australia. |
| Upeneus margarethae | Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 | Margaretha's goatfish | Indian Ocean. |
| Upeneus mascareinsis | Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967 | Mascarene goatfish | Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion, Western Indonesia. |
| Upeneus moluccensis | (Bleeker, 1855) | Goldband goatfish | Indo-West Pacific. |
| Upeneus mouthami | Randall & Kulbicki, 2006 | Moutham's goatfish | Western Central Pacific |
| Upeneus oligospilus | Lachner, 1954 | Short-fin goatfish | Persian Gulf. |
| Upeneus parvus | Poey, 1852 | Dwarf goatfish | Western Atlantic |
| Upeneus pori | Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989 | Por's goatfish | Red Sea to southern Oman. |
| Upeneus quadrilineatus | Cheng & Wang, 1963 | Four-stripe goatfish | Southern Japan to southern China. |
| Upeneus suahelicus | Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 | Swahili goatfish | Kenya to South Africa, Eritrea. |
| Upeneus subvittatus | (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) | Deep-water goatfish | Japan to Indonesia. |
| Upeneus sulphureus | Cuvier, 1829 | Sulphur goatfish | Indo-West Pacific |
| Upeneus sundaicus | (Bleeker, 1855) | Ochrebanded goatfish | Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. |
| Upeneus supravittatus | Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 | Long-fin goatfish | Sri Lanka, southern India. |
| Upeneus taeniopterus | Cuvier, 1829 | Finstripe goatfish | Indo-Pacific. |
| Upeneus tragula | Richardson, 1846 | Freckled goatfish | Indo-West Pacific |
| Upeneus vittatus | (Forsskål, 1775) | Yellowstriped goatfish | Indo-Pacific |
| Upeneus xanthogrammus | Gilbert, 1892 | Eastern Pacific. |
References
- ^ Cuvier, G. (1829) Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
- ^ Johnson, G.D. & Gill, A.C. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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- ^ Uiblein, F. & P.C. Heemstra (2010) A taxonomic review of the western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 11: 35-71.
- ^ Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994: Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.