Upeneus sundaicus

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

Overview

Family : Goatfishes ; Inhabits coastal waters down to 100 m. Usually occurs in schools. Feeds on benthic animals[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 802 meters (0 to 2,631 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Omorgus spatulatus (VAURIE) , 1962 • Omorgus spatulatus< /i> (Vaurie) • Upeneoides sundaicus Bleeker • Upeneus luzonius Jordan & Seale • Upeneus sundaecus • Upeneus sundaecus (Bleeker • Upeneus sundaecus (Bleeker, 1855) • Upeneus sundaicus • Upenoides sulphureus (Non Cuvier

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Bleeker, P. Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder.-Indië 8:391-434., 1855.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 09-Nov-1995

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. 323, p. 324, p. 333.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 88, p. 88.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 126, p. 62.
• Fishes of the Philippine Islands / by Barton Warren Evermann and Alvin Seale. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1907. url p. 88.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 506, p. 518, p. 607.
• 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. 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 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 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 04, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• 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: 140505
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26237
• Fishbase Species ID: 6643
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14367626
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 620972
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127350

Footnotes

1. Kühlmorgen-Hille, G. (1974). Mullidae. In W. Fischer and P.J.P. Whitehead (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Indian Ocean (fishing area 57) and Western Central Pacific (fishing area 71). Rome, FAO. Vol. III, pag. va ... [back]
2. Mean = -63.620 meters (-208.727 feet), Standard Deviation = 333.070 based on 102 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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