PARUPENEUS PLEUROSTIGMA - (BENNETT, 1831)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Mulloidei (Suborder) > Mullidae (Family) > Parupeneus (Genus)
Barbet à tache noire, Capucin barbet pastille, Rouget-barbet pastille, Blackspot goatfish, Round-spot goatfish, Sidedspot goatfish, Sidespot goatfish, Spotted goatfish, Salmonete pastilha, Swartkol-bokvis, Sideplettet mulle, Ryukyu-himeji, リュウキュウヒメジ, 큰점촉수, 秋姑, 黑斑副緋鯉,
Synonymes
Parupenaeus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Parupeneus brandesii (Bleeker, 1851)
Parupeneus pelurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Pseudupeneus brandesii (Bleeker, 1851)
Pseudupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Upeneus brandesii (Bleeker, 1851)
Upeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spine: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 24; Pectoral fin rays: 15-17 (usually: 16); Gill rakers: 6-8 + 21-25 (total: 28-32). Body depth: 3.45-4.0 in SL; Head length: 2.85-3.1 in SL; Dorsal profile of snout straight to slightly convex, the snout length: 1.7-2.1 in HL; Barbel length: 1.3-1.6 in HL; Longest dorsal spine: 1.4-1.7 in HL, pectoral fin length: 1.3–1.5 in HL, and pelvic fin length 1.3–1.5 in HL. Last dorsal soft ray of adults longer than penultimate ray, the latter contained 1.1-1.3 in length of the former; Dorsal profile of snout straight to slightly convex; Posterior margin of caudal-fin lobes straight to slightly convex. Max. length: 33.0 cm TL, common length: 20.0 cm TL. Max. published weight: 906.00 g. Depth range: 1 - 120 m, usually: 1 - 75 m.
Color
Body pinkish to yellowish gray, the scale edges narrowly dark, with a black spot about 3-4 scales in width on lateral line below posterior part of first dorsal fin, followed by a large pale pink to white spot; A blue spot often present on each scale above lateral line, always present posteriorly; Pale blue spots, one per scale, ventrally on body, but often not visible; Short blue lines radiating from eye except ventrally; Barbels pale pink to white; Basal third of second dorsal fin with a broad black or blackish band or a large black spot, sometimes extending onto adjacent back, the outer part of fin with narrow blue and yellow bands; Anal fin with faint pale blue and yellow bands; Remaining fins varying from yellowish gray to light red.
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.
pleurostigma: from Greek, pleura = side, rib + from Greek, stigma = mark made on skin by burning with a hot iron. Referring to black spot, as large or larger than eye, centered on lateral line below rear base of first dorsal fin.
Original description: Upeneus pleurostigma Bennett, 1831 - Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), Myanmar and Andaman Sea, east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati) and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia, northern New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia).
Biology
Primarily an insular species. Usually solitary, it occurs in seagrass beds as well as over sand, rubble, or coral and rock bottoms of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs. Benthopelagic. Feeds on benthic animals like crabs, polychaetes and other worms during the day, also shrimps, heart urchins, gastropods, pelecypods, foraminiferans, brittle stars, and fishes.
Last update: 30, May 2024
Barbet à tache noire, Capucin barbet pastille, Rouget-barbet pastille, Blackspot goatfish, Round-spot goatfish, Sidedspot goatfish, Sidespot goatfish, Spotted goatfish, Salmonete pastilha, Swartkol-bokvis, Sideplettet mulle, Ryukyu-himeji, リュウキュウヒメジ, 큰점촉수, 秋姑, 黑斑副緋鯉,
Synonymes
Parupenaeus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Parupeneus brandesii (Bleeker, 1851)
Parupeneus pelurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Pseudupeneus brandesii (Bleeker, 1851)
Pseudupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Upeneus brandesii (Bleeker, 1851)
Upeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spine: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 24; Pectoral fin rays: 15-17 (usually: 16); Gill rakers: 6-8 + 21-25 (total: 28-32). Body depth: 3.45-4.0 in SL; Head length: 2.85-3.1 in SL; Dorsal profile of snout straight to slightly convex, the snout length: 1.7-2.1 in HL; Barbel length: 1.3-1.6 in HL; Longest dorsal spine: 1.4-1.7 in HL, pectoral fin length: 1.3–1.5 in HL, and pelvic fin length 1.3–1.5 in HL. Last dorsal soft ray of adults longer than penultimate ray, the latter contained 1.1-1.3 in length of the former; Dorsal profile of snout straight to slightly convex; Posterior margin of caudal-fin lobes straight to slightly convex. Max. length: 33.0 cm TL, common length: 20.0 cm TL. Max. published weight: 906.00 g. Depth range: 1 - 120 m, usually: 1 - 75 m.
Color
Body pinkish to yellowish gray, the scale edges narrowly dark, with a black spot about 3-4 scales in width on lateral line below posterior part of first dorsal fin, followed by a large pale pink to white spot; A blue spot often present on each scale above lateral line, always present posteriorly; Pale blue spots, one per scale, ventrally on body, but often not visible; Short blue lines radiating from eye except ventrally; Barbels pale pink to white; Basal third of second dorsal fin with a broad black or blackish band or a large black spot, sometimes extending onto adjacent back, the outer part of fin with narrow blue and yellow bands; Anal fin with faint pale blue and yellow bands; Remaining fins varying from yellowish gray to light red.
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.
pleurostigma: from Greek, pleura = side, rib + from Greek, stigma = mark made on skin by burning with a hot iron. Referring to black spot, as large or larger than eye, centered on lateral line below rear base of first dorsal fin.
Original description: Upeneus pleurostigma Bennett, 1831 - Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), Myanmar and Andaman Sea, east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati) and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia, northern New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia).
Biology
Primarily an insular species. Usually solitary, it occurs in seagrass beds as well as over sand, rubble, or coral and rock bottoms of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs. Benthopelagic. Feeds on benthic animals like crabs, polychaetes and other worms during the day, also shrimps, heart urchins, gastropods, pelecypods, foraminiferans, brittle stars, and fishes.
Last update: 30, May 2024