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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); andamanensis: Named for its type locality, Andaman Islands.
Taxonomic Remarks
Known only by the holotype at the date of description in 2024 (Ref. 130857).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal. Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: India.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 130857)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Dorsal fins VII + 9; pectoral fins 12-13; gill rakers 7 + 16 = 23; lateral-line scales 29-30; body moderately elongate; measurements as % SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 23; body depth at anal-fin origin 22; caudal-peduncle depth 10; cau¬dal-peduncle width 3.7; maximum head depth 21; head depth through eye 17; head length 28; snout length 9.9; orbit length 7.9; upper-jaw length 12; barbel length 20; caudal-fin length 30; anal-fin height 17; pelvic-fin length 23; pectoral-fin length 20; pectoral-fin width 4.3; first dorsal-fin height 28; dorsal-fin spines disproportionally decreasing in height with first spine much longer; second dor¬sal-fin height 15; preserved fish without caudal-fin bars and dorsal-fin stripes; head and body mostly pale-brown, head below and behind maxilla, gill cover and belly from level of pectoral-fin base ventral-wards silvery; body ventrally behind level of pectoral fin and below pale-beige silvery; no mid-lateral body stripe, but on distal half of body a weakly indicated, brown band along mid-body to caudal-fin base; fins generally pale-beige hyaline, barbels pale.
Collected in a fish market (Ref. 130857).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Uiblein, F., J.T. Williams, N. Bailly, T.A. Hoang and P.T. Rajan, 2024. Four new goatfishes (Upeneus, Mullidae, Mulliformes) from the Asian Indo-Pacific with a list of valid goatfish species and remarks on goatfish diversity. Cybium 48(2):135-160. (Ref. 130857)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00439 - 0.01983), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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