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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); willwhite: Named for William T. White, Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Hobart, Australia.
Eponymy: Dr William Toby White (d: 1977) is an Australian ichthyologist whose particular interests are speciation and biodiversity of sharks and rays and fishery management in developing countries. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade ? - 25 m (Ref. 123711). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.2 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 123711)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 7; Raios dorsais (total) : 9. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII + 9; pectoral fins 14; gill rakers 6 + 15-17 = 21-23; moderately elongated body is laterally slightly compressed. Measurements as % SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 23-24 and at anal-fin origin 20-21; caudal-peduncle depth 9.6-9.9, width 4.2-4.3; maximum head depth 20-21; head depth through eye 16; head length 29; snout length 10-11; orbit length 7.1-7.5; upper-jaw length 12; barbel length 20; caudal-fin length 28-30; anal-fin height 16-17; pelvic-fin length 20-21; pectoral-fin length 19-20; first dorsal-fin height 20, with dorsal-fin spines proportionally decreasing in height; second dorsal-fin height 17; total oblique bars on caudal fin 11-14. Bod markings and colouration: upper caudal-fin lobe with 5-6 brown mostly straight bars while lower caudal-fin lobe with 6-8 short brown bars ventrally, connecting dorsally to a brown stripe of about orbit diameter in its maximum width, and with about 3 short red, brownish-ochre bars along dorsal margin that do not correspond with bars on ventral-lobe margin; caudal-fin stripe and bars retained even when preserved; dorsal fins in fresh fish with 3-4 thin brown stripes, also retained in preservative; when fresh barbels reddish white; body when freshly deceased is dark brown dorsally and pale brown ventrally, ventral margin white; mid-lateral body stripe dark brown, rather inconspicuous on snout and posterior half of body; head entirely grey brown; body and head dark brown dorsally and pale brown ventrally when preserved (Ref. 123711).
Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Uiblein, F. and H. Motomura, 2021. Three new goatfishes of the genus Upeneus from the Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, with an updated taxonomic account for U. itoui (Mullidae: Japonicus-species group). Zootaxa 4938(3):298-324. (Ref. 123711)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
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).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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