Genus Upeneus Cuvier, 1829

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• Upeneus Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Poissons. Paris : Fortin, Masson et Co. Vol. 2 Nouvelle édition, pp. 122-406. [157] [name also appeared in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 3 500 pp. pls 41–71. [448]].

  Type species:

   Mullus vittatus Forsskål, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Desmarest, E. 1856. Reptiles et poissons. 1-360 +1-62, pls 1-48 in Chenu, J.G. Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle; ou, Traité complet de cette science d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éeminents de toutes les époques, etc.... par le Dr. Chenu. Vol. 19 1-360 +1-62, pls 1-48. [210] (see Whitley, 1939).

 

Introduction

Species of Upeneus are difficult to identify and incorrect identifications are common in the literature.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

MULLIDAE: Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) — Randall, J.E. & Kulbicki, M. 2006. A review of the goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from New Caledonia and the Chesterfield Bank, with a new species and four new records. Zoological Studies 45(3): 298-307 [301] (restricted to north-west Pacific (Japan to Hong Kong))

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.

Randall, J.E. 2001. Mullidae. pp. 3175-3200 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.

Uiblein, F. & Heemstra, P.C. 2010. A taxonomic review of the western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 11: 35-71

Uiblein, F. & Heemstra, P.C. 2011. Description of a new goatfish species, Upeneus randalli n. sp. (Mullidae), from the Persian Gulf, with remarks and identification keys for the genus Upeneus. Scientia Marina 75(3): 585-594

Whitley, G.P. 1939. Ichthyological genotypes: Desmarest's designations, 1874. The Australian Zoologist 9(3): 222-226.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Aug-2021	MULLIDAE	18-Aug-2021	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
23-Feb-2015	MULLIDAE	01-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
17-Dec-2012		18-Aug-2021	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED