{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Upeneichthys porosus, Auckland, New Zealand imported from iNaturalist photo 179573247 (cropped).jpg | image_caption = ''U. porosus'' | taxon = Upeneichthys | authority = Bleeker, 1853<ref name=CoF/>{{efn| Also in {{cite journal |author=Bleeker, P. |year=1855 |title=Over eenige visschen van van Diemensland |journal=Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen |location=Amsterdam |volume=2 |pages=1–30 + 31, 1 pl }} }} | type_species = ''Upeneus porosus'' | type_species_authority = Cuvier, 1829 | synonyms = * ''Atahua'' <small>Phillipps, 1941</small> }}
'''''Upeneichthys''''' is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific coasts of Australia.<ref name=FishBase/>
==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus:<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Upeneichthys| month = February |year=2022}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |''Upeneichthys lineatus'' <small>Bloch & Schneider, 1801</small> |Blue-lined goatfish |frameless |- |''Upeneichthys porosus'' <small>(Cuvier 1829)</small><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Kim |first=B.-J. |date=2002 |title=Comparative anatomy and phylogeny of the family Mullidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). |journal=Memoirs of the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University |volume=49 |issue=1}}</ref> | |frameless |- |''Upeneichthys stotti'' <small>Hutchins, 1990</small> |Stott's goatfish | |- |''Upeneichthys vlamingii'' <small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> |Southern goatfish |frameless |} ''Nota bene'': Kim (2002) and the Catalog of Fishes currently treat ''U. porosus'' as its own species,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes |url=https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=19517 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=researcharchive.calacademy.org}}</ref> while FishBase currently treats it as a synonym of ''U. lineatus''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Synonyms - Detail |url=https://www.fishbase.se/Nomenclature/SynonymSummary.php?ID=149454&GSID=&GenusName=Upeneichthys&SpeciesName=porosus&SpecCode=60919&SynonymsRef=33839 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.fishbase.se}}</ref>
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==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=CoF>{{Cof record |genid=75 |title=''Upeneichthys'' |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> }}
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Category:Upeneichthys Category:Actinopterygii genera Category:Marine fish genera Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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