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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); dimipavlov: Named for Dr. Dimitri Alexandrovich 'Dimi' Pavlov, Lomonosov University, Moscow, Russia; oun in apposition..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 15 m (Ref. 123711). Tropical
Western Pacific: Vietnam.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123711)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII + 9; pectoral fins 14-15; gill rakers 6-7 + 16-18 = 22-25; body is nearly rounded and moderately elongate; msmts as % SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 23-25 and at anal-fin origin 20-22, caudal-peduncle depth 9.7-10 and width 4.8-5.4, maximum head depth 19-20 with head depth through eye 16-17, head length 28-30, snout length 11-13, orbit length 5.7-6.8, upper-jaw length 11-12, barbel length 19-21, caudal-fin length 27-29, anal-fin height 16-18, pelvic-fin length 20-22, pectoral-fin length 18-20, first dorsal-fin height 19-21 with the dorsal-fin spines proportionally decreasing in height, second dorsal-fin height 16-18. Colouration and body markings: total oblique bars on caudal fin 12-14, upper caudal-fin lobe with 5-6 red mostly straight bars while lower lobe with 7-8 short red bars along ventral margin which connect dorsally to a red stripe and the latter slightly wider than orbit diameter; about 3 short red or reddish-grey bars along dorsal margin of fin lobe that do not correspond with bars on ventral-lobe margin; caudal-fin colour patterns partly or completely lost after preservation; when fresh the dorsal fins have 3-4 thin red or brown stripes that may be weakly retained in preservative, the barbels rose whitish or white; when freshly deceased, body colour dorsally pale reddish orange, ventral half creamy white, sometimes with red patches or blotches, ventral margin pale creamy white, indistinct mid-lateral body stripe, head dorsally pale red and silvery white ventrally, with red patches below and behind eyes; when preserved, body and head dorsally pale brown or brown and ventrally white (Ref. 123711).
Probably occurring in sandy bottoms near reefs (Ref. 123711).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00454 - 0.02011), b=3.10 (2.93 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
