| Citation | Randall, J.E., 1997, Mullidae, goatfishes.. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Western Central Pacific. (in preparation). |
| Ref. | Randall, J.E., 1997 |
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| Named Used as Valid | Upeneus arge |
| Comment | ecology; |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indian Ocean: Maldives, Chagos, Seychelles, one from Mozambique. Pacific: Hawaiian Islands and Tuamoto Archipelago west to Micronesia, Fiji, and the Ryukyus. Still unknown from the Asian coasts, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan. |
| Quote | max length 36.5 cm TL and common length 25 cm TL for Upeneus arge. |