Upeneus

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Upeneus_parvus_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg | image_caption = ''Upeneus parvus'' | taxon = Upeneus | authority = G. Cuvier, 1829<ref>Cuvier, G. (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. Edition 2. '''2''': i-xv + 1-406.</ref> | type_species = ''Mullus vittatus'' | type_species_authority = Forsskål, 1775 | synonyms = ''Hypeneus'' Agassiz, 1846 ''Upeneoides'' Bleeker, 1849 ''Megalepis'' Bianconi, 1857 ''Pennon'' Whitley, 1941 }}

'''''Upeneus''''' is a genus of goatfishes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

==Species== These are the currently recognized species in this genus:<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Upeneus|month=December|year=2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Uiblein|first1=Franz|last2=Gledhill|first2=Daniel C.|last3=Pavlov|first3=Dimitri A.|last4=Hoang|first4=Tuan Anh|last5=Shaheen|first5=Shaker |name-list-style=amp |date=2019-10-08|title=Three new goatfishes of the genus ''Upeneus'' (Mullidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of colour patterns in ''U. margarethae'' |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4683.2.1|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4683|issue=2|pages=151–196|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4683.2.1 |pmid=31715924|hdl=11250/2637373|s2cid=207955785 |doi-access=|hdl-access=free}}</ref> {{Columns-list|colwidth=25em|1= * ''Upeneus asymmetricus'' Lachner, 1954 (Asymmetrical goatfish) * ''Upeneus australiae'' B. J. Kim & Nakaya, 2002 (Australian goatfish) *''Upeneus caudofasciatus'' {{Small|Uiblein & Gledhill, 2019}} * ''Upeneus davidaromi'' Golani, 2001 (Darom's goatfish) * ''Upeneus dimipavlov'' Ublien & Motomura, 2021<ref name=Franz>FRANZ UIBLEIN & HIROYUKI MOTOMURA5 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 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4938.3.2</ref> (Pavlov’s Goatfish) * ''Upeneus doriae'' Günther, 1869 (Gilded goatfish) * ''Upeneus elongatus'' Uiblein & Motomura, 2021<ref name=Franz/> (Elongate Goatfish) * ''Upeneus farnis'' Uiblein & Peristiwady, 2017 (Farnis' goatfish)<ref name = UGP>{{cite journal | author1 = Franz Uiblein | author2 = Daniel Gledhill | author3 = Teguh Peristiwady | name-list-style = amp | year = 2017 | title = Two new goatfishes of the genus ''Upeneus'' (Mullidae) from Australia and Indonesia | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.4 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 4318 | issue = 2 | pages =295–311| doi-access = free | hdl = 11250/2474270 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> * ''Upeneus filifer'' J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (Pennant goatfish) * ''Upeneus francisi'' J. E. Randall & Guézé, 1992 (Francis' goatfish) *''Upeneus gubal'' {{Small|Uiblein, 2019}} * ''Upeneus guttatus'' F. Day, 1868 (Two-tone goatfish) * ''Upeneus heemstra'' Ublien & Gouws, 2014<ref name=Uiblein2014>{{cite journal |last1=Uiblein |first1=Franz |last2=Gouws |first2=Gavin |name-list-style=amp |title=A new goatfish species of the genus ''Upeneus'' (Mullidae) based on molecular and morphological screening and subsequent taxonomic analysis |journal=Marine Biology Research |date=2014 |volume=10 |issue=7 |pages=655–681 |doi=10.1080/17451000.2013.850515|bibcode=2014MBioR..10..655U |s2cid=83710235 |doi-access=free }}</ref> (Heemstra goatfish) *''Upeneus heterospinus'' {{Small|Uiblein & Pavlov, 2019}} * ''Upeneus indicus'' Ublien & Heemstra, 2010 (Tall-fin goatfish) * ''Upeneus itoui'' M. Yamashita, Golani & Motomura, 2011<ref>{{cite journal | author1 = Yamashita, M. |author2=Golani, D. |author3=Motomura, H. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2011 | title = A new species of ''Upeneus'' (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3107 | pages = 47–58 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3107.1.3 }}</ref> (Oriental goatfish) * ''Upeneus japonicus'' Houttuyn, 1782 (Japanese goatfish) * ''Upeneus lombok'' Uiblein & W. T. White, 2015<ref name=Uiblein2015a>{{cite journal | author1= Uiblein, F. |author2=White, W.T. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2015 | title = A new goatfish of the genus ''Upeneus'' (Mullidae) from Lombok, Indonesia and first verified record of ''U. asymmetricus'' for the Indian Ocean | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3980 | issue = 1 | pages = 51–66 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03980p066.pdf | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.3| pmid = 26249938 | hdl = 11250/2356213 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> (Lombok goatfish) * ''Upeneus luzonius'' D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907 (Dark-barred goatfish) * ''Upeneus margarethae'' Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Margaretha's goatfish) * ''Upeneus mascareinsis'' Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967 (Mascarene goatfish) * ''Upeneus moluccensis'' Bleeker, 1855 (Goldband goatfish) * ''Upeneus mouthami'' J. E. Randall & Kulbicki, 2006 (Moutham's goatfish) * ''Upeneus niebuhri'' Guézé, 1967<ref name=Uiblein2014/> (Niebuhr's goatfish) * ''Upeneus nigromarginatus'' A. R. Bos, 2014<ref name=Bos2014>{{cite journal |author=Bos, A.R. |year=2014 |title=''Upeneus nigromarginatus'', a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Philippines |journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |volume=62 |pages=745–753 |url=http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/images/data/raffles_bulletin_of_zoology/zoology_volume_62/62rbz750-758.pdf |access-date=2014-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213195619/http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/images/data/raffles_bulletin_of_zoology/zoology_volume_62/62rbz750-758.pdf |archive-date=2014-12-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (Black-margined goatfish) * ''Upeneus oligospilus'' Lachner, 1954 (Short-fin goatfish) * ''Upeneus parvus'' Poey, 1852 (Dwarf goatfish) * ''Upeneus pori'' Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989 (Por's goatfish) * ''Upeneus quadrilineatus'' C. T. Cheng & C. X. Wang, 1963 (Four-stripe goatfish) * ''Upeneus randalli'' Uiblein & Heemstra, 2011 * ''Upeneus saiab'' Uiblein & Lisher, 2013<ref name=Uiblein2013>{{cite journal |last1=Uiblein |first1=Franz |last2=Lisher |first2=Mark |name-list-style=amp |title=A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Angoche, northern Mozambique |journal=Zootaxa |date=2013 |volume=3717 |issue=1 |pages=85–95 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3717.1.7|pmid=26176097 |doi-access=free }}</ref> (Saiab goatfish) * ''Upeneus seychellensis'' Uiblein & Heemstra, 2011 (Tailstripe goatfish) * ''Upeneus spottocaudalis'' Uiblein & Gledhill, 2017 (Tailspot goatfish)<ref name = UGP/> * ''Upeneus stenopsis'' Uiblein & McGrouther, 2012 (Narrowtail goatfish) * ''Upeneus suahelicus'' Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Swahili goatfish) * ''Upeneus subvittatus'' Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (Deep-water goatfish) * ''Upeneus sulphureus'' G. Cuvier, 1829 (Sulphur goatfish) * ''Upeneus sundaicus'' Bleeker, 1855 (Ochrebanded goatfish) * ''Upeneus supravittatus'' Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Long-fin goatfish) * ''Upeneus taeniopterus'' G. Cuvier, 1829 (Finstripe goatfish) * ''Upeneus torres'' Uiblein & Gledhill, 2015<ref name=Uiblein2015>{{cite journal |author=Uiblein F. |author2=Gledhill D.C. |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |title=A new goatfish of the genus ''Upeneus'' (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons |journal=Marine Biology Research |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages= 475–491 |doi=10.1080/17451000.2014.958088|bibcode=2015MBioR..11..475U |s2cid=84788326 }}</ref> (Torres goatfish) * ''Upeneus tragula'' J. Richardson, 1846 (Freckled goatfish) * ''Upeneus vanuatu'' Uiblein & Causse, 2013<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Uiblein |first1=Franz |last2=Causse |first2=Romain |name-list-style=amp |title=A new deep-water goatfish of the genus ''Upeneus'' (Mullidae) from Vanuatu, South Pacific |journal=Zootaxa |date=2013 |volume=3666 |issue=3 |pages=337–344 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3666.3.4 |pmid=26217854|s2cid=18331929 |doi-access=free }}</ref> (Yellowstriped goatfish) * ''Upeneus willwhite'' Uiblein & Motomura, 2021<ref name=Franz/> (White’s Goatfish) Etymology. It honours the ichthyologist Dr. William T. White, of the Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, in Hobart, Australia, for collecting and photographing mullid specimens from South Indonesia and making them available for taxonomic research (including the types specimens of ''Upeneus willwhite''.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/syngnathiformes2/ | title = Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families DACTYLOPTERIDAE, PEGASIDAE, CALLIONYMIDAE, DRACONETTIDAE and MULLIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database |access-date = 29 April 2024 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 7 February 2024 | version = v. 9.0}}</ref> * ''Upeneus xanthogrammus'' C. H. Gilbert, 1892 }}

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Category:Upeneus Category:Marine fish genera Category:Actinopterygii genera Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier