Upeneus

<i>Upeneus</i>

Upeneus

Genus of fishes

Upeneus is a genus of goatfishes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

  • Upeneus asymmetricus Lachner, 1954 (Asymmetrical goatfish)
  • Upeneus australiae B. J. Kim & Nakaya, 2002 (Australian goatfish)
  • Upeneus caudofasciatus Uiblein & Gledhill, 2019
  • Upeneus davidaromi Golani, 2001 (Darom's goatfish)
  • Upeneus dimipavlov Ublien & Motomura, 2021[4] (Pavlov’s Goatfish)
  • Upeneus doriae Günther, 1869 (Gilded goatfish)
  • Upeneus elongatus Uiblein & Motomura, 2021[4] (Elongate Goatfish)
  • Upeneus farnis Uiblein & Peristiwady, 2017 (Farnis' goatfish)[5]
  • Upeneus filifer J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Pennant goatfish)
  • Upeneus francisi J. E. Randall & Guézé, 1992 (Francis' goatfish)
  • Upeneus gubal Uiblein, 2019
  • Upeneus guttatus F. Day, 1868 (Two-tone goatfish)
  • Upeneus heemstra Ublien & Gouws, 2014[6] (Heemstra goatfish)
  • Upeneus heterospinus Uiblein & Pavlov, 2019
  • Upeneus indicus Ublien & Heemstra, 2010 (Tall-fin goatfish)
  • Upeneus itoui M. Yamashita, Golani & Motomura, 2011[7] (Oriental goatfish)
  • Upeneus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 (Japanese goatfish)
  • Upeneus lombok Uiblein & W. T. White, 2015[8] (Lombok goatfish)
  • Upeneus luzonius D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907 (Dark-barred goatfish)
  • Upeneus margarethae Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Margaretha's goatfish)
  • Upeneus mascareinsis Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967 (Mascarene goatfish)
  • Upeneus moluccensis Bleeker, 1855 (Goldband goatfish)
  • Upeneus mouthami J. E. Randall & Kulbicki, 2006 (Moutham's goatfish)
  • Upeneus niebuhri Guézé, 1967[6] (Niebuhr's goatfish)
  • Upeneus nigromarginatus A. R. Bos, 2014[9] (Black-margined goatfish)
  • Upeneus oligospilus Lachner, 1954 (Short-fin goatfish)
  • Upeneus parvus Poey, 1852 (Dwarf goatfish)
  • Upeneus pori Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989 (Por's goatfish)
  • Upeneus quadrilineatus C. T. Cheng & C. X. Wang, 1963 (Four-stripe goatfish)
  • Upeneus randalli Uiblein & Heemstra, 2011
  • Upeneus saiab Uiblein & Lisher, 2013[10] (Saiab goatfish)
  • Upeneus seychellensis Uiblein & Heemstra, 2011 (Tailstripe goatfish)
  • Upeneus spottocaudalis Uiblein & Gledhill, 2017 (Tailspot goatfish)[5]
  • Upeneus stenopsis Uiblein & McGrouther, 2012 (Narrowtail goatfish)
  • Upeneus suahelicus Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Swahili goatfish)
  • Upeneus subvittatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Deep-water goatfish)
  • Upeneus sulphureus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Sulphur goatfish)
  • Upeneus sundaicus Bleeker, 1855 (Ochrebanded goatfish)
  • Upeneus supravittatus Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Long-fin goatfish)
  • Upeneus taeniopterus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Finstripe goatfish)
  • Upeneus torres Uiblein & Gledhill, 2015[11] (Torres goatfish)
  • Upeneus tragula J. Richardson, 1846 (Freckled goatfish)
  • Upeneus vanuatu Uiblein & Causse, 2013[12] (Yellowstriped goatfish)
  • Upeneus willwhite Uiblein & Motomura, 2021[4] (White’s Goatfish) Etymology. It honours the ichthyologist Dr. William T. White, of the Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, in Hobart, Australia, for collecting and photographing mullid specimens from South Indonesia and making them available for taxonomic research (including the types specimens of Upeneus willwhite.[13]
  • Upeneus xanthogrammus C. H. Gilbert, 1892

References

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    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.
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    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Upeneus in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. [3]
    Uiblein, Franz; Gledhill, Daniel C.; Pavlov, Dimitri A.; Hoang, Tuan Anh & Shaheen, Shaker (2019-10-08). "Three new goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of colour patterns in U. margarethae". Zootaxa. 4683 (2): 151–196. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4683.2.1. hdl:11250/2637373. PMID 31715924. S2CID 207955785.
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    FRANZ UIBLEIN & HIROYUKI MOTOMURA5 Three new goatfishes of the genus Upeneus from the Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, with an updated taxonomic account for U. itoui (Mullidae: japonicus-species group), Zootaxa 4938 (3): 298–324 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4938.3.2
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    Franz Uiblein; Daniel Gledhill & Teguh Peristiwady (2017). "Two new goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Australia and Indonesia". Zootaxa. 4318 (2): 295–311. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.4. hdl:11250/2474270.
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    Uiblein, Franz & Gouws, Gavin (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. Bibcode:2014MBioR..10..655U. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.850515. S2CID 83710235.
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    Yamashita, M.; Golani, D. & Motomura, H. (2011). "A new species of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan". Zootaxa. 3107: 47–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3107.1.3.
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    Uiblein, F. & White, W.T. (2015). "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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.3. hdl:11250/2356213. PMID 26249938.
  9. [9]
    Bos, A.R. (2014). "Upeneus nigromarginatus, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Philippines" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62: 745–753. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
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    Uiblein, Franz & Lisher, Mark (2013). "A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Angoche, northern Mozambique". Zootaxa. 3717 (1): 85–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.1.7. PMID 26176097.
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    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. Bibcode:2015MBioR..11..475U. doi:10.1080/17451000.2014.958088. S2CID 84788326.
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    Uiblein, Franz & Causse, Romain (2013). "A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Vanuatu, South Pacific". Zootaxa. 3666 (3): 337–344. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.3.4. PMID 26217854. S2CID 18331929.
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    Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (7 February 2024). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 9.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 April 2024.


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