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Upeneichthys

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Upeneichthys is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific coasts of Australia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyMullidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded11,788

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
19
With media
1
Family
Mullidae
Collections
USNM, NMV, BPBM, ZMO, SAMA, MAGNT
Recorded in
Indonesia, Australia, Philippines, Taiwan, Venezuela, Brazil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mullidae
Image
Upeneichthys lineatus (Blue-lined goatfish).jpg
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Commons category
Upeneichthys
taxon name
Upeneichthys
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Upeneichthys
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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • Notes
  • References

Upeneichthys is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific coasts of Australia.

==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |Upeneichthys lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |Blue-lined goatfish |frameless |- |Upeneichthys porosus (Cuvier 1829) | |frameless |- |Upeneichthys stotti Hutchins, 1990 |Stott's goatfish | |- |Upeneichthys vlamingii (Cuvier, 1829) |Southern goatfish |frameless |} Nota bene: Kim (2002) and the Catalog of Fishes currently treat U. porosus as its own species, while FishBase currently treats it as a synonym of U. lineatus.

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