Overview
Family : Goatfishes ;
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Opkyker
Common Names in English:
chivo, goatfish, stargazer
Common Names in German:
Himmelsgucker, Sterngucker
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
圆鳞鰧, 圓鱗鰧, 黃線緋鯉, 黄线绯鲤
Common Names in Portuguese:
Cabeçudo
Common Names in Spanish:
chivo, Colorado, Gringo
Description
Habitat
Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
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- Chordates
- Order:
Perciformes
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- Genus:
Upeneus
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- Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829
- Specific name:
xanthogrammus
- Regan, 1921
- Scientific name: - Upeneus xanthogrammus Gilbert, 1892 Regan, 1921
- Specific name:
xanthogrammus
- Regan, 1921
- Genus:
Upeneus
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- Order:
Perciformes
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- Phylum:
Chordata
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Synonyms
Uranoscopus archionema • Uranoscopus archionema Regan, 1921
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
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
- Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1940. url p. 169.
- Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 860.
- Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 343.
- The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 860.
- Voyage of the 'Albatross' to the Gulf of California in 1911. New York, 1916. url p. 158.
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 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 140510
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-51180
- Fishbase Species ID: 17275
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 620973
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127354
