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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Carsten Niebuhr (1733–1815) was a German traveller, orientalist, cartographer and mathematician. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Gulf of Suez.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 95469)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VIII + 9; pectoral-fin rays 13-14; gill rakers 5-6 + 16-17 = 22-23; lateral-line scales 29-30; in %SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 23-26, body depth at anal-fin origin 19-22, caudal-peduncle depth 9.7-9.9, caudal-peduncle width 3.2-3.7, maximum head depth 19-20, head depth through eye 16-17, head length 29-31, postorbital length 11-12, orbit length 6.9-7.3, upper jaw length 10, barbel length 21-22, caudal-peduncle
length 21-23, caudal-fin length 29, pelvic-fin length 21, pectoral-fin length 21, pectoral-fin width 4.1-4.7, first dorsal-fin height 19, second dorsal-fin height 17; fins with brown or black stripes, bars or blotches; caudal fin with 8 oblique bars, upper caudal-fin lobe with 3-4 bars, lower lobe with 4-5 bars; first and second dorsal fin tips with dark-brown blotches; one brown mid-lateral body stripe from behind opercle to caudal base; ground colour of body and head beige, darker above lateral line, with irregular red, brown or black spots and blotches; barbels pale brown in fresh fish; preserved fish retain fin and body pigmentation (Ref. 95469).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Occurs at shallow depths (Ref. 95469).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Uiblein, F. and G. Gouws, 2014. A new goatfish species of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) based on molecular and morphological screening and subsequent taxonomic analysis. Mar. Biol. Res. 10(7):655-681. (Ref. 95469)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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