UPENEUS AUSTRALIAE - (KIM & NAKAYA, 2002)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Mulloidei (Suborder) > Mullidae (Family) > Upeneus (Genus)
Rouget Australien, Australian goatfish, Gold-band orange-barred goatfish,
Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spine: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 24; Pectoral fins rays: 13-15 (usually: 14); Lateral line scales: 29-30 (to caudal fin base); Gill rakers: 5-7 + 16-19 = 22-25. Body moderately elongate, depth: 3.7-4.3 in standard length; Scales on side of snout; Barbels not or just reaching to below posterior margin of preopercle. Adult measurements in % SL: Body depth at first dorsal fin origin: 23-27 and at anus: 20-23; Caudal peduncle depth: 9.9-12; Maximum head depth: 20-22, while head depth through eye: 15-18; Head length: 27-30; Orbit length: 6.0-8.0; Upper jaw length: 9.3-12; Barbel length: 16-20; Caudal fin length: 27-32; Anal fin height: 15-18; Pelvic fin length: 20-23; Pectoral fin length: 19-22; First dorsal fin height: 18-23 and second dorsal fin height: 14-18. Max. length: 16.0 cm SL. Depth range: 3 - 82 m.
Color
Total bars on caudal fin 7-13, upper caudal-fin lobe with 5-6 brown or black bars with usually five bars distally from fork and one bar close to fin base, of similar width or narrower than the pale interspaces between bars; Lower lobe with 6-8 bars of similar width as those on upper lobe, pale interspaces narrower and the 2-3 distal-most bars (one on tip) darker and wider; Caudal fin lobe bars mostly well-retained in preserved fish, especially on dorsal side of lower lobe; Barbels white; Body and head white–silvery or pale beige, dark beige above lateral line, a yellow–orange lateral body stripe from behind eye to caudal fin base in fresh fish; Body pale brown and dorsally darkened in preserved fish.
Etymology
Upeneus: from 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.
Australiae: of Australia, referring to its discovery in Australian waters (also occurs off New Caledonia).
Original description: Upeneus australiae Kim & Nakaya, 2002 - Type locality: 2.5 kilometers west of Island Head, Queensland, Australia, 22°19.73'-22°19.76'S, 150°38.03'E-150°38.35'E, depth 6 meters.
Distribution
Southeastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific: Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Subadults and adults of this species occur at relatively shallow depths of the upper shelf. Adults feed mainly on shrimp (47%) and worms (35%).
Similar species
Upeneus guttatus (Day, 1868) - Reported from New Caledonia - Differs from the similar and co-occurring Upeneus guttatus in having slightly more pectoral-fin rays, a lateral body stripe in fresh fish, and dark oblique bars on the lower caudal-fin lobe in both fresh and preserved fish.
Upeneus heterospinus (Uiblein & Pavlov, 2019) - Reported from Western Pacific: Indonesia and Vietnam, north to southern Japan.
Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) - Reported from Western Pacific: Malaysia, east to Philippines, north to South Korea, Peter the Great Bay (Russia) and Japan.
Last update: 30, May 2024
Rouget Australien, Australian goatfish, Gold-band orange-barred goatfish,
Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spine: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 24; Pectoral fins rays: 13-15 (usually: 14); Lateral line scales: 29-30 (to caudal fin base); Gill rakers: 5-7 + 16-19 = 22-25. Body moderately elongate, depth: 3.7-4.3 in standard length; Scales on side of snout; Barbels not or just reaching to below posterior margin of preopercle. Adult measurements in % SL: Body depth at first dorsal fin origin: 23-27 and at anus: 20-23; Caudal peduncle depth: 9.9-12; Maximum head depth: 20-22, while head depth through eye: 15-18; Head length: 27-30; Orbit length: 6.0-8.0; Upper jaw length: 9.3-12; Barbel length: 16-20; Caudal fin length: 27-32; Anal fin height: 15-18; Pelvic fin length: 20-23; Pectoral fin length: 19-22; First dorsal fin height: 18-23 and second dorsal fin height: 14-18. Max. length: 16.0 cm SL. Depth range: 3 - 82 m.
Color
Total bars on caudal fin 7-13, upper caudal-fin lobe with 5-6 brown or black bars with usually five bars distally from fork and one bar close to fin base, of similar width or narrower than the pale interspaces between bars; Lower lobe with 6-8 bars of similar width as those on upper lobe, pale interspaces narrower and the 2-3 distal-most bars (one on tip) darker and wider; Caudal fin lobe bars mostly well-retained in preserved fish, especially on dorsal side of lower lobe; Barbels white; Body and head white–silvery or pale beige, dark beige above lateral line, a yellow–orange lateral body stripe from behind eye to caudal fin base in fresh fish; Body pale brown and dorsally darkened in preserved fish.
Etymology
Upeneus: from 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.
Australiae: of Australia, referring to its discovery in Australian waters (also occurs off New Caledonia).
Original description: Upeneus australiae Kim & Nakaya, 2002 - Type locality: 2.5 kilometers west of Island Head, Queensland, Australia, 22°19.73'-22°19.76'S, 150°38.03'E-150°38.35'E, depth 6 meters.
Distribution
Southeastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific: Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Subadults and adults of this species occur at relatively shallow depths of the upper shelf. Adults feed mainly on shrimp (47%) and worms (35%).
Similar species
Upeneus guttatus (Day, 1868) - Reported from New Caledonia - Differs from the similar and co-occurring Upeneus guttatus in having slightly more pectoral-fin rays, a lateral body stripe in fresh fish, and dark oblique bars on the lower caudal-fin lobe in both fresh and preserved fish.
Upeneus heterospinus (Uiblein & Pavlov, 2019) - Reported from Western Pacific: Indonesia and Vietnam, north to southern Japan.
Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) - Reported from Western Pacific: Malaysia, east to Philippines, north to South Korea, Peter the Great Bay (Russia) and Japan.
Last update: 30, May 2024