PARUPENEUS HEPTACANTHA - (LACEPEDE, 1802)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Mulloidei (Suborder) > Mullidae (Family) > Parupeneus (Genus)
Barbé à point rouge, Barbet à point rouge, Capucin à tache rouge, Rouget-barbet cinnabare, Bighead goatfish, Cinnabar goatfish, Opalescent goatfish, Redspot goatfish, Small-spot goatfish, Spotted golden goatfish, Rooikol-bokvis, Cinnober-mulle, Hummar, Salmonete cinabar, Takasago-Himeji, タカサゴヒメジ, 三鬚, 側班副緋鯉, 점촉수, 紅點副鯡鯉, Cá Phèn đầu to,
Étymologie
Parupeneus : du préfixe Latin, par = pareil, semblable, identique, analogue + du mot, upénéus ou upeneus. Georges Cuvier et Achille Valenciennes écrivent dans Histoire Naturelle des poissons - 1829 - Tome troisième p447 "Nous avons cru convenable de distinguer ces poissons des mulles ordinaires par un nom sous-générique, et nous avons choisi pour cela celui d'upénéus qui n'a point de signification fixe dans les anciens."
heptacanthus : du préfixe Grec, hepta = sept + du Grec, acanthos = épine. Le nom se réfère aux sept rayons épineux dans la première nageoire dorsale, contre les 6 ou 10 des trois espèces que Lacepède a placé dans le même sous-genre.
Description originale : Sciaena heptacantha Lacepède, 1802 - Localité type : aucune.
Synonymes
Parupenaeus cinnabarinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Parupeneus cinnabarinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Parupeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
Parupeneus pleurospilus (Bleeker, 1853)
Pseudupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Pseudupeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
Pseudupeneus pleurospilus (Bleeker, 1853)
Pseudupeneus xanthopurpureus (Fourmanoir, 1957)
Sciaena heptacantha (Lacepède, 1802)
Upeneus cinnabarinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Upeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Upeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Pectoral fin rays: 15-17 (usually: 16); Lateral line scales: 7-8; Gill rakers: 6-7 + 21-23 (total: 27-30); Body depth: 2.95-3.3 in SL; Head length: 2.9-3.25 in SL; Snout length: 1.75-2.1 in HL; Barbel length: 1.15-1.4 in HL; Posterior end of maxilla evenly convex; Longest dorsal spine: 1.45-1.75 in HL; Penultimate dorsal ray: 1.05-1.25 in length of last dorsal ray; Pectoral fin length: 1.25-1.4 in HL; Pelvic fin length: 1.3-1.5 in HL. Max. length: 36.0 cm TL, common length: 25.0 cm TL. Max. reported age: 6 years. Depth range: 12 - 350 m.
Barbé à point rouge, Barbet à point rouge, Capucin à tache rouge, Rouget-barbet cinnabare, Bighead goatfish, Cinnabar goatfish, Opalescent goatfish, Redspot goatfish, Small-spot goatfish, Spotted golden goatfish, Rooikol-bokvis, Cinnober-mulle, Hummar, Salmonete cinabar, Takasago-Himeji, タカサゴヒメジ, 三鬚, 側班副緋鯉, 점촉수, 紅點副鯡鯉, Cá Phèn đầu to,
Étymologie
Parupeneus : du préfixe Latin, par = pareil, semblable, identique, analogue + du mot, upénéus ou upeneus. Georges Cuvier et Achille Valenciennes écrivent dans Histoire Naturelle des poissons - 1829 - Tome troisième p447 "Nous avons cru convenable de distinguer ces poissons des mulles ordinaires par un nom sous-générique, et nous avons choisi pour cela celui d'upénéus qui n'a point de signification fixe dans les anciens."
heptacanthus : du préfixe Grec, hepta = sept + du Grec, acanthos = épine. Le nom se réfère aux sept rayons épineux dans la première nageoire dorsale, contre les 6 ou 10 des trois espèces que Lacepède a placé dans le même sous-genre.
Description originale : Sciaena heptacantha Lacepède, 1802 - Localité type : aucune.
Synonymes
Parupenaeus cinnabarinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Parupeneus cinnabarinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Parupeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
Parupeneus pleurospilus (Bleeker, 1853)
Pseudupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Pseudupeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
Pseudupeneus pleurospilus (Bleeker, 1853)
Pseudupeneus xanthopurpureus (Fourmanoir, 1957)
Sciaena heptacantha (Lacepède, 1802)
Upeneus cinnabarinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Upeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Upeneus pleurospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Pectoral fin rays: 15-17 (usually: 16); Lateral line scales: 7-8; Gill rakers: 6-7 + 21-23 (total: 27-30); Body depth: 2.95-3.3 in SL; Head length: 2.9-3.25 in SL; Snout length: 1.75-2.1 in HL; Barbel length: 1.15-1.4 in HL; Posterior end of maxilla evenly convex; Longest dorsal spine: 1.45-1.75 in HL; Penultimate dorsal ray: 1.05-1.25 in length of last dorsal ray; Pectoral fin length: 1.25-1.4 in HL; Pelvic fin length: 1.3-1.5 in HL. Max. length: 36.0 cm TL, common length: 25.0 cm TL. Max. reported age: 6 years. Depth range: 12 - 350 m.
Color
Body brownish yellow to light red (deeper-dwelling fish more red), the edges of the scales darker, shading to silvery white ventrally; Adults with a small reddish brown spot on upper side of body just below seventh and eighth lateral-line scales; An indistinct narrow yellow stripe often visible above the lateral line (more evident in juveniles and subadults); Dorsal body scales often with a pale blue or pearly spot; Faint iridescent blue lines extending dorsoposteriorly and ventroanteriorly from eye, and often a parallel one on the cheek below eye; Second dorsal and anal fins with faint pale blue or pink narrow bands alternating with pale yellow.
Etymology
Parupeneus: from Latin prefixe, par = even (of a numbers), equal, like, suitable + the word, upeneus or upénéus. Georges Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes wrote in "Histoire Naturelle des poissons - 1829 - Tome troisième p447" that they chosed this word "upénéus" which it didn't have a specific meaning or sense in the ancient writes.
heptacanthus: from Greek, hepta = seven + from Greek, acanthos = thorn. Referring to seven spiny rays in first dorsal fin, compared to 6 or 10 in three species Lacepède placed in the same subgenus.
Orginal description: Sciaena heptacantha Lacepède, 1802 - Type locality: no locality stated.
Distribution
Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Sea of Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Lizard Island (Queensland, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia.
Biology
Occurs singly or in small groups, over muddy, sandy, rubble, or seagrass bottoms of lagoon and seaward reefs. Flesh is fairly good for human consumption.
Body brownish yellow to light red (deeper-dwelling fish more red), the edges of the scales darker, shading to silvery white ventrally; Adults with a small reddish brown spot on upper side of body just below seventh and eighth lateral-line scales; An indistinct narrow yellow stripe often visible above the lateral line (more evident in juveniles and subadults); Dorsal body scales often with a pale blue or pearly spot; Faint iridescent blue lines extending dorsoposteriorly and ventroanteriorly from eye, and often a parallel one on the cheek below eye; Second dorsal and anal fins with faint pale blue or pink narrow bands alternating with pale yellow.
Etymology
Parupeneus: from Latin prefixe, par = even (of a numbers), equal, like, suitable + the word, upeneus or upénéus. Georges Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes wrote in "Histoire Naturelle des poissons - 1829 - Tome troisième p447" that they chosed this word "upénéus" which it didn't have a specific meaning or sense in the ancient writes.
heptacanthus: from Greek, hepta = seven + from Greek, acanthos = thorn. Referring to seven spiny rays in first dorsal fin, compared to 6 or 10 in three species Lacepède placed in the same subgenus.
Orginal description: Sciaena heptacantha Lacepède, 1802 - Type locality: no locality stated.
Distribution
Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Sea of Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Lizard Island (Queensland, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia.
Biology
Occurs singly or in small groups, over muddy, sandy, rubble, or seagrass bottoms of lagoon and seaward reefs. Flesh is fairly good for human consumption.
Last update: 24, August 2024