Upeneus
Upeneus | |
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Upeneus parvus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Mullidae |
Genus: | Upeneus G. Cuvier, 1829[1] |
Type species | |
Mullus vittatus Forsskål, 1775 | |
Synonyms | |
Hypeneus Agassiz, 1846 |
Upeneus is a genus of goatfishes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.[2]
Species
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:[2][3][4]
Species[2][5] | Taxon authority | Common name[2] | Environment & range[6] |
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Upeneus asymmetricus | Lachner, 1954 | Asymmetrical goatfish | Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and the Indo-Australian Archipelago |
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 [7] | Oriental goatfish | Southern Japan |
Upeneus japonicus | Houttuyn, 1782 | Japanese goatfish | Japan north to Korea and south to Taiwan and Hong Kong |
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 | Bos, 2014 [8] | 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 [3] | 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Upeneus in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Uiblein, F. & Lisher, M. (2013): A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Angoche, northern Mozambique. Zootaxa, 3717 (1): 85–95.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Yamashita, M., Golani, D. & Motomura, H. (2011). "A new species of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan". Zootaxa, 3107: 47–58.
- ↑ Bos, A.R. (2014). "Upeneus nigromarginatus, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Philippines". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62: 745–753.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uiblein, F. & Causse, R. (2013): A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Vanuatu, South Pacific. Zootaxa, 3666 (3): 337–344.