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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); andamanensis: Named for its type locality, Andaman Islands.
Issue
Known only by the holotype at the date of description in 2024 (Ref. 130857).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
بحري القاع. Tropical
التوزيع
دول | مناطق الفاو | النظام البيئي | الظهور | Point map | مقدمة | Faunafri
Eastern Indian Ocean: India.
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.1 cm SL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 130857)
وصف مختصر
مفاتيح التعريف | الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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