Upeneus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syngnathiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Syngnathiformes

Subordo: Mulloidei
Familia: Mullidae
Genus: Upeneus
Species (39):
U. arge – U. asymmetricus – U. australiae – U. crosnieri – U. davidaromi – U. doriae – U. farnis – U. filifer – U. flavolineatus – U. francisi – U. guttatus – U. heemstra – U. indicus – U. itoui – U. japonicus – U. lombok – U. luzonius – U. margarethae – U. mascareinsis – U. moluccensis – U. nigromarginatus – U. parvus – U. pori – U. quadrilineatus – U. randalli – U. saiab – U. seychellensis – U. spottocaudalis – U. stenopsis – U. suahelicus – U. subvittatus – U. sulphureus – U. sundaicus – U. supravittatus – U. taeniopterus – U. tragula – U. vanuatu – U. vittatus – U. xanthogrammus

Name

Upeneus Cuvier, 1829

Type species: Mullus vittatus Forsskål, 1775

Synonyms

Hypeneus Agassiz, 1846
Megalepis Bianconi, 1857
Pennon Whitley, 1941
Upeneoides Bleeker, 1849

References

Bos, A.R., 2014: Upeneus nigromarginatus, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 745–753. Full article: [1].
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. Vol. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
Uiblein, F.; Causse, R. 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 Reference page.
Uiblein, F., Gledhill, D.C. & Peristiwady, T. 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. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Uiblein, F. and P.C. Heemstra, 2010: A taxonomic review of the Western Indian goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Family Mullidae) with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana Bulletin 11: 35–71.
Uiblein, F. & P.C. Heemstra, 2011: Description of a new goatfish species, Upeneus randalli n. sp. (Mullidae), from the Persian Gulf, with remarks and identification keys for the genus Upeneus. Scientia Marina 75(3): 583–594. Full article: [2].
Uiblein, F. & P.C. Heemstra, 2011: A new goatfish, Upeneus seychellensis n. sp. (Mullidae), from the Seychelles Bank, with remarks on Upeneus guttatus and a key to Western Indian Ocean Upeneus species. Mar. Biol. Res. 7(7): in press.
Uiblein, F. & Lisher, M. 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 Reference page.
Uiblein, F.; McGrouther, M. 2012: A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from northern Australia and the Philippines, with a taxonomic account of U. subvittatus and remarks on U. mascareinsis. Zootaxa 3550: 61–70. Preview Reference page.
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. Zootaxa 3980(1): 51–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.3. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Links

Upeneus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Upeneus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.