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Upeneus doriae

(Gilded goatfish)

Overview

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Family : Goatfishes ; Forms schools in coastal waters . Marketed fresh [1].

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Gilded goatfish

Common Names in Hebrew:

Gildan

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Upeneoides doriaeUpeneoides doriae Günther • Upeneoides doriae Günther • Upeneoides doriae Günther, 1869 • Upeneus doriaeUpeneus sulphureus Cuvier

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Günther,a. Report on two collections of Indian reptiles . Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1869: 500-507, 1869.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 03-Jul-1998

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Upeneus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:

U. arge (Band-Tail Goatfish) · U. asymmetricus (Gold-Band Orange-Barred Goatfish) · U. australiae (Australian Goatfish) · U. barberinoides (Swarthy-Headed Goatfish) · U. dentatus (Mexican Goatfish) · U. doriae (Gilded Goatfish) · U. filifer (Thread-Fin Goat-Fish) · U. grandisquamis (Bigscale Goatfish) · U. japonicus (Yellow Fin Goat Fish) · U. luzonius (Dark-Barred Goatfish) · U. martinicus (Yellow Goatfish) · U. moluccensis (Golden Stripe Goatfish) · U. parvus (Dwarf Galaxias) · U. pleurostigma (Round-Spot Goatfish) · U. pori (Por's Goatfish) · U. prayensis (West African Goatfish) · U. signatus (Black Spot Goatfish) · U. spilurus (Freckled Goatish) · U. subvittatus (Brownband Goatfish) · U. sulphureus (Beach Goatfish) · U. sundaicus (Ochre-Striped Cardinalfish) · U. taeniopterus (Band-Tailed Goatfish) · U. tragula (Freckled Goatish) · U. vanicolensis (Golden Banded Goatfish) · U. vittatus (Banded-Tail Glassy Perchlet) · U. xanthogrammus (Stargazer)

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz (1997). FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO, Rome. 293 p. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012