Upeneus sulphureus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Goatfishes ; Found in coastal waters , entering estuaries (Ref. 30573). Forms schools[1]. Has appearance of sillaginids when schooling [2].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 880 meters (0 to 2,887 feet).[3]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Upeneus sulphurus Cuvier

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: In Cuvier & Valenciennes. spelling also in Ref. 5405

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 31-Jan-1997

Similar Species

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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Further Reading

• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , , p. 330, p. 331, p. 4.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 26.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 254, p. 270, p. 280, p. 296, p. 475, p. 55.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 126, p. 60, p. 63, p. 90.
• Fishes of the Crane Pacific expedition, by Albert W. Herre. 21 1936 Chicago, 1936. url p. 19, p. 210, p. 472.
• Fishes of the islands of Luzon and Panay / by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1907? url p. 26.
• Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1940. url p. 293.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 507, p. 512, p. 514, p. 99.
• The Philippine journal of science. Manila: Bureau of Science url p. 529.
• The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma and Ceylon / by Francis Day. London: B. Quaritch, [1875]-1878. url p. 120.
• The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 261, p. 404, p. 405.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 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 01, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• 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
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3865338
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30980
• Fishbase Species ID: 4445
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14367626
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169445
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127349

Footnotes

1. Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga (1990). Fichas FAO de identificaçao de espécies para actividades de pesca. Guia de campo das espécies comerciais marinhas e de águas salob ... [back]
2. Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidar - Callionymidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 304-622 p. [back]
3. Mean = -257.830 meters (-845.899 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,037.080 based on 256 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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