Upeneus
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| Genus: | Upeneus |
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| Mullus vittatus Forsskål, 1775
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Hypeneus Agassiz, 1846 | |
Upeneus is a genus of goatfishes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:
| Species[2] | Taxon authority | Common name | Environment & range[3] |
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| Upeneus asymmetricus | Lachner, 1954 | Asymmetrical goatfish | Philippines, Indonesia |
| Upeneus australiae | B. J. Kim & Nakaya, 2002 | Australian goatfish | Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific; Australia |
| Upeneus davidaromi | Golani, 2001 | Darom's goatfish | Red Sea; deep-water (150–500 m) |
| Upeneus doriae | Günther, 1869 | Gilded goatfish | Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman |
| Upeneus filifer | J. D. Ogilby, 1910 | Pennant goatfish | West-central Pacific |
| Upeneus francisi | J. E. Randall & Guézé, 1992 | Francis' goatfish | Norfolk Island and New Zealand |
| Upeneus guttatus | F. Day, 1868 | Two-tone goatfish | Indo-West Pacific: the Red Sea to South Africa and to northern Australia |
| Upeneus heemstra | Uiblein & Gouws, 2014 [4] | Heemstra goatfish | Western Indian Ocean: Coast of Africa to India & Sri Lanka |
| Upeneus indicus | Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 | Tall-fin goatfish | Western India |
| Upeneus itoui | M. Yamashita, Golani & Motomura, 2011 [5] | Oriental goatfish | Southern Japan |
| Upeneus japonicus | Houttuyn, 1782 | Japanese goatfish | Japan north to Korea and south to Taiwan and Hong Kong |
| Upeneus lombok | Uiblein & W. T. White, 2015 [6] | Lombok goatfish | Lombok, Indonesia |
| Upeneus luzonius | D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907 | Dark-barred goatfish | Pacific waters around the Philippines, 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 | J. E. Randall & Kulbicki, 2006 | Moutham's goatfish | Western Central Pacific |
| Upeneus niebuhri | Guézé, 1967 [4] | Niebuhr’s goatfish | Gulf of Suez |
| Upeneus nigromarginatus | A. R. Bos, 2014 [7] | Black-margined goatfish | Philippines (Davao Gulf) |
| 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 | C. T. Cheng & C. X. Wang, 1963 | Four-stripe goatfish | Southern Japan to southern China |
| Upeneus randalli | Uiblein & Heemstra, 2011 | Persian Gulf | |
| Upeneus saiab | Uiblein & Lisher, 2013 [8] | Saiab goatfish | Indian Ocean off coast of Mozambique |
| Upeneus seychellensis | Uiblein & Heemstra, 2011 | Tailstripe goatfish | Seychelles Bank in the western Indian Ocean |
| Upeneus stenopsis | Uiblein & McGrouther, 2012 | Narrowtail goatfish | Western Pacific Ocean |
| 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 | G. 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 | G. Cuvier, 1829 | Finstripe goatfish | Indo-Pacific |
| Upeneus torres | Uiblein & Gledhill, 2015 [9] | Torres goatfish | Australia, Vanuatu |
| Upeneus tragula | J. Richardson, 1846 | Freckled goatfish | Indo-West Pacific |
| Upeneus vanuatu | Uiblein & Causse, 2013 [10] | Vanuatu goatfish | Pacific Ocean, only known from Vanuatu |
| Upeneus vittatus | Forsskål, 1775 | Yellowstriped goatfish | Indo-Pacific |
| Upeneus xanthogrammus | C. H. 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.
- ^ Uiblein, F. & Heemstra, P.C. (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. & Myers, R. (1994): Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
- ^ a b Uiblein, F. & Gouws, G. (2014): A new goatfish species of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) based on molecular and morphological screening and subsequent taxonomic analysis. Marine Biology Research, 10 (7): 655-681.
- ^ "A new species of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan". Zootaxa. 3107: 47–58. 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Lombok, Indonesia and first verified record of U. asymmetricus for the Indian Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3980 (1): 51–66. 2015. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.3.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Bos, A.R. (2014). "Upeneus nigromarginatus, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Philippines" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62: 745–753.
- ^ Uiblein, F. & Lisher, M. (2013): A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Angoche, northern Mozambique. Zootaxa, 3717 (1): 85–95.
- ^ Uiblein F. & Gledhill D.C. (2015). "A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons". Marine Biology Research. 11 (5): 475–491. doi:10.1080/17451000.2014.958088.
- ^ Uiblein, F. & Causse, R. (2013): A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Vanuatu, South Pacific. Zootaxa, 3666 (3): 337–344.
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