Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Plettet mulle
Common Names in Dutch:
Barbeel
Common Names in English:
Copper pilot, Goat mullet, goatfish, Queen mullet, red goatfish, Souris jaune, Spotted goat-fish, Spotted goatfish
Common Names in French:
Barbaray jaune et gris, Barbaray rouge, Rouget-Barbet Tachet, Rouget-barbet tacheté, Souris jaune
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
斑点拟绯鲤, 斑點擬緋鯉
Common Names in Papiamento:
Barb, Mandinga
Common Names in Polish:
Sultanka Tr, Sultanka trójpalma
Common Names in Portuguese:
Beija-Mo, Beija-moça, Canai, Canaiú, Pirametara, Salamonete, Salm, Salmão-pequeno, Salmonejo, Salmonete, Salmonete-da-pedra, Saramonete, Saramunete, Trilha
Common Names in Spanish:
chivo manchado, Pargo rojo, Salmonete, Salmonete colorado, Salmonete de roca, Salmonete manchado
Description
Habitat
Inhabits shallow waters to depths of 90 m [1], especially over sand and rock bottoms in reef areas . Young juveniles often found on beds of seagrass, e.g. Thalassia .
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,365 meters (0 to -17,602 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds on small invertebrates [1].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Percoidei
()
-
- Family:
Mullidae
()
- Genus:
Pseudupeneus
()
- Bleeker, 1862
- Specific name:
maculatus
- Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Service
- Specific name:
maculatus
- Genus:
Pseudupeneus
(
- Family:
Mullidae
(
- Suborder:
Percoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Mullus maculatus • Mullus maculatus Bloch • Mullus maculatus Bloch, 1793 • Pseudopeneus maculatus • Pseudopeneus maculatus (Bloch • Pseudopeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793) • Pseudupeneus maculatus • Upeneus maculatus (Bloch
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 21-Jul-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pseudupeneus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. barberinus (Goatfish) · P. chrysonemus (Yellow-Threaded Goatfish) · P. cyclostomus (Forsskal's Goatfish) · P. fraterculus (Redspot Goatfish) · P. grandisquamis (Bigscale Goatfish) · P. indicus (Indian Goatfish) · P. ischyrus (Longrayed Goatfish) · P. maculatus (Spotted Goat-Fish) · P. pleurostigma (Redmottled Goatfish) · P. porphyreus (Whitestriped Goatfish) · P. prayensis (West African Angelfish)
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Further Reading
- A guide to the study of fishes, New York, H. Holt, 1905. url .
- A guide to the study of fishes, by David Starr Jordan. .. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1905. url , , p. 122, p. 351, p. xvii.
- A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 32.
- Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1918- url , , p. 98.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 231, p. 237, p. 254, p. 55.
- FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 83.
- Final environmental impact statement prepared on the proposed Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management, [1980] url p. 19.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 964.
- Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 407, p. 408, p. 411, p. 419, p. 422, p. 423, p. 428.
- Fishes, by David Starr Jordan. .. with 18 colored plates and 673 illustrations. .. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1907. url p. 565.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 21 2001 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 131.
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 25, p. 64.
- Our living oceans: report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, [1999] url p. 290.
- Pesticides monitoring journal. [Washington, D.C.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1967-1981. url p. 42.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 124, p. 455.
- Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 26, p. 45, p. 54, p. 61.
- Systematic catalogue of the fishes of Tortugas, Florids with observations on color, habits, and local distribution by William H. Longley. .. Edited and completed by Smauel F. Hildebrand. .. Washington, D.C.1941 url , p. 142, p. 19.
Notes
Contributors
- American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- Randall, John E. (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 136758
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23754
- Fishbase Species ID: 1094
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169421
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 122494
Footnotes
- Cervigón, F. (1993). Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. [back]
- Mean = -1,545.410 meters (-5,070.243 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,979.570 based on 79 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
