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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); itoui: Named for Mr. Masahide Itou who collected almost all Kagoshima specimens of the new species and kindly made them available to the authors. Sakuya-himeji and Oriental Goatfish are herein proposed as the standard Japanese and English names, respectively, for the species (Ref. 88711).
Eponymy: Mr. Masahide Itou is a Japanese ichthyologist based in Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan. He collected specimens of this goatfish and made them available to the authors. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Taxonomic Remarks
FishBase common name changed from Oriental goatfish to Itou's goatfish (Uiblein et al., 2024: Ref. 130857).
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 23 - 27 m (Ref. 88711). Tropical
Northwest Pacific: southern Japan.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 88711)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 7; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9. A species of Upeneus with the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays VII + 9, first dorsal-fin spine longest; pectoral-fin rays 13–15 (usually 14); gill rakers 6 or 7 (mode 6) + 16–18 (17) = 22–25 (23); pored lateral-line scales 28–30 (29); no teeth on ectopterygoids; maximum body depth 20.9–24.7% SL (mean 22.7%); maximum head depth 18.0–20.6% SL (19.2%); barbel width 6.0–7.8% HL (7.0%); barbels white; a distinct reddish brown stripe from tip of snout to caudal-fin base through eye in life and fresh specimens; first dorsal fin with 4 irregular white bands in life, 4–6 irregular reddish brown bands (retained as dark bands in preserved specimens) and 4–6 white bands in fresh specimens; upper caudal-fin lobe pale white with 5–7 reddish brown bands (retained as dark bands in preserved specimens) and 5–9 irregular pure white bands in life and fresh specimens; lower caudal-fin lobe reddish with 5–9 short red bands (retained as dark bands in preserved specimens) and 5–9 short white bands or spots along ventral margin in life and fresh specimens (Ref. 88711).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Yamashita, M., D. Golani and H. Motomura, 2011. A new species of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan. Zootaxa 3107:47-58. (Ref. 88711)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00439 - 0.01983), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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