Pseudupeneus maculatus

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Family Mullidae

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, rarely in brackish waters. Elongated body. Dorsal fins far apart. First dorsal fin with 6-8 spines; second dorsal with one spine and 8-9 soft rays , shorter than anal fin. Spines in anal fin 1 or 2, with 5-8 soft rays. Forked caudal fin . Vertebrae 24. Chin with 2 long barbels , which contain chemosensory organs and are used to probe the sand or holes in the reef for benthic invertebrates or small fish. Many brightly colored . Pelagic spawners. Up to 60 cm maximum length . Valued as food fish . Not popular for aquaria , but do well in right settings . Mullus (lat.) = mulletThe family Mullidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 6 genera and 55 species. It may be found in Marine and Brackish environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Etymology of this family name : Latin, mullus = soft

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: Saltwater . Reef-associated .

Biology

Diet

Feeds on small invertebrates [1].

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Mullus maculatus Bloch, 1793
2. Pseudopeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793)
3. Upeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Family : Goatfishes .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pseudupeneus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. aurantiacus · P. barbarinus · P. barberinus · P. chryserydros · P. chrysonemus · P. cyclostomus · P. dentatus · P. eutaeniatus · P. fraterculus · P. grandisquamis (Bigscale Goatfish) · P. indicus · P. ischyrus · P. jeffi · P. luteus · P. maculatus (Spotted Goat-Fish) · P. moana · P. multifasciatus · P. orientalis · P. pleuostigma · P. pleurospilos · P. pleurostigma · P. porphryreus · P. porphyreus · P. prayensis (West African Angelfish) · P. rathbuni · P. rubescens · P. signatus · P. spilurus · P. trifasciatus · P. xanthogrammus

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Further Reading

• 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. ENG url p. 32.
• Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin (1993). Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin.
• Bouchon-Navaro, Y. and M. Louis (1986). Les poissons des formations corallienes de la Martinique. Ann. Inst. Océanogr., Paris 62(2):251-270.
• Cervigón, F. (1993). Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas, Venezuela. 497 p.
• Claro, R. (1994). Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
• Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds. 2001. Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. 21-57. ISBN: 1-56098-985-8.
• Colin, P. and I.E. Clavijo (1978). Mass spawning by the spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch) (Pisces: Mullidae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 28(4):780-782.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG 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] ENG url p. 19.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 964.
• Fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. ENG url p. 407, p. 408, p. 411, p. 419, p. 422, p. 423, p. 428.
• Gasparini, J.L. and S.R. Floeter (2001). The shore fishes of Trindade Island, western South Atlantic. J. Nat. Hist. 35:1639-1656.
• Humann, P. (1994). Reef fish identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida. 426 p.
• Hureau, J.-C. (1991). La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Preliminaire des Poissons d'Eaux Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environment, CEMAGREF
• Mahon, R. and S.D. Mahon (1994). Structure and resilience of a tidepool fish assemblage at Barbados. Environ. Biol. Fish. 41(1/4):171-190.
• NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; ENG 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] ENG url p. 290.
• Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
• Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.
• Smith, C.L. (1997). National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p.
• Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. ENG url p. 26, p. 45, p. 54, p. 61.
• Vergara, R. and J.E. Randall (1978). Mullidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 3. pag.var.

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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Randall, John E. (from FishBase).

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: 2500423
• 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

1. Cervigón, F. (1993). Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. [back]
2. 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]

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