Upeneus

Upeneus is a genus of goatfishes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

Upeneus
Upeneus parvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Upeneus
G. Cuvier, 1829[1]
Type species
Mullus vittatus
Forsskål, 1775
Synonyms

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

Species

There are currently 40 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Upeneus asymmetricus Lachner, 1954 (Asymmetrical goatfish)
  • Upeneus australiae B. J. Kim & Nakaya, 2002 (Australian goatfish)
  • Upeneus davidaromi Golani, 2001 (Darom's goatfish)
  • Upeneus doriae Günther, 1869 (Gilded goatfish)
  • Upeneus farnis Uiblein & Peristiwady, 2017 (Farnis' goatfish)[3]
  • Upeneus filifer J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Pennant goatfish)
  • Upeneus francisi J. E. Randall & Guézé, 1992 (Francis' goatfish)
  • Upeneus guttatus F. Day, 1868 (Two-tone goatfish)
  • Upeneus heemstra Uiblein & Gouws, 2014[4] (Heemstra goatfish)
  • Upeneus indicus Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Tall-fin goatfish)
  • Upeneus itoui M. Yamashita, Golani & Motomura, 2011[5] (Oriental goatfish)
  • Upeneus japonicus |Houttuyn, 1782 (Japanese goatfish)
  • Upeneus lombok Uiblein & W. T. White, 2015[6] (Lombok goatfish)
  • Upeneus luzonius D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907 (Dark-barred goatfish)
  • Upeneus margarethae Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Margaretha's goatfish)
  • Upeneus mascareinsis Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967 (Mascarene goatfish)
  • Upeneus moluccensis Bleeker, 1855 (Goldband goatfish)
  • Upeneus mouthami J. E. Randall & Kulbicki, 2006 (Moutham's goatfish)
  • Upeneus niebuhri Guézé, 1967[4] (Niebuhr's goatfish)
  • Upeneus nigromarginatus A. R. Bos, 2014[7] (Black-margined goatfish)
  • Upeneus oligospilus Lachner, 1954 (Short-fin goatfish)
  • Upeneus parvus Poey, 1852} (Dwarf goatfish)
  • Upeneus pori Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989 (Por's goatfish)
  • Upeneus quadrilineatus C. T. Cheng & C. X. Wang, 1963 (Four-stripe goatfish)
  • Upeneus randalli Uiblein & Heemstra, 2011
  • Upeneus saiab Uiblein & Lisher, 2013[8] (Saiab goatfish)
  • Upeneus seychellensis Uiblein & Heemstra, 2011 (Tailstripe goatfish)
  • Upeneus spottocaudalis >Uiblein & Danel Gledhill, 2017 (Tailspot goatfish)[3]
  • Upeneus stenopsis Uiblein & McGrouther, 2012 (|Narrowtail goatfish)
  • Upeneus suahelicus Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Swahili goatfish)
  • Upeneus subvittatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Deep-water goatfish)
  • Upeneus sulphureus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Sulphur goatfish)
  • Upeneus sundaicus Bleeker, 1855 (Ochrebanded goatfish)
  • Upeneus supravittatus Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Long-fin goatfish)
  • Upeneus taeniopterus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Finstripe goatfish)
  • Upeneus torres Uiblein & Gledhill, 2015[9] (Torres goatfish)
  • Upeneus tragula J. Richardson, 1846 (Freckled goatfish)
  • Upeneus vanuatu Uiblein & Causse, 2013[10] (Vanuatu goatfish)
  • Upeneus vittatus Forsskål, 1775 (Yellowstriped goatfish)
  • Upeneus xanthogrammus C. H. Gilbert, 1892

References
  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. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Upeneus in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. Franz Uiblein; Daniel Gledhill & Teguh Peristiwady (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.
  4. Uiblein, F. & Gouws, G. (2014): A new goatfish species of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) based on molecular and morphological screening and subsequent taxonomic analysis. Marine Biology Research, 10 (7): 655-681.
  5. Yamashita, M., Golani, D. & Motomura, H. (2011). "A new species of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan". Zootaxa. 3107: 47–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3107.1.3.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  6. 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3980 (1): 51–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.3. hdl:11250/2356213. PMID 26249938.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  7. Bos, A.R. (2014). "Upeneus nigromarginatus, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Philippines" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62: 745–753. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
  8. Uiblein, F. & Lisher, M. (2013): A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Angoche, northern Mozambique. Zootaxa, 3717 (1): 85–95.
  9. Uiblein F. & Gledhill D.C. (2015). "A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons". Marine Biology Research. 11 (5): 475–491. doi:10.1080/17451000.2014.958088.
  10. Uiblein, F. & Causse, R. (2013): A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Vanuatu, South Pacific. Zootaxa, 3666 (3): 337–344.


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