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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f653edaa-0ea9-4926-a484-fd0dd030cb7b/ Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Upeneus&speciesname=sulphureus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Upeneus&speciesname=sulphureus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Upeneus&speciesname=sulphureus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Upeneus&speciesname=sulphureus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Upeneus&speciesname=sulphureus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Upeneus-sulphureus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Upeneus Species in    Mullidae - Classification - Mullidae Mulliformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Upeneus sulphureus Cuvier , 1829 Sulphur goatfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Upeneus sulphureus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Upeneus sulphureus Picture by Allen, G.R. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Mulliformes (Goatfishes) > Mullidae (Goatfishes) Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Cuvier . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243 ); depth range 10 - 90 m (Ref. 12260 ), usually 20 - 60 m (Ref. 114285 ). Tropical; 36°N - 28°S, 33°E - 180°E Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to southeast Asia, north to China, south to northern Australia and Fiji (Ref. 12743 ). Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 9.9 , range 9 - 10.3 cm Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573 ); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines : 1; Anal soft rays : 7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VIII,9; pectoral fins 15-16; gill rakers 7-8 + 19-21 = 27-28; lateral line scales 34-37; body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 29-33% SL and at anus 25-27% SL; caudal-peduncle depth 11-12% SL; maximum head depth 23-25% SL; head depth through eye 18-20% SL; head length 29-30%SL; orbit length 7.4-8.7% SL; upper jaw length 11-13% SL; barbel length 17-21% SL; caudal-fin length 27-30% SL; anal-fin height 16-18% SL; pelvic-fin length 20-22% SL; pectoral-fin length 24-26% SL; first dorsal-fin height 23-26% SL; second dorsal-fin height 17-18% SL; no bars on caudal-fin lobes; yellowish lower lobe base, grey on upper lobe (some of the caudal-fin lobe pigmentation retained when preserved, including inner margin of fin lobes); 2 yellow body stripes, 1 mid-lateral body from operculum to caudal-fin base (both faintly retained in preserved fish); white barbels; body dorsally pale brown and ventrally white (pale brown with some reddish or darker brown area at mid-body in preserved fish) (Ref. 82903 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found in coastal waters, entering estuaries (Ref. 30573 ). Sandy-muddy bottom (Ref. 43239 ). Forms schools (Ref. 5213 ). Has appearance of sillaginids when schooling (Ref. 48636 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Randall, John E. | Collaborators Kumaran, M. and J.E. Randall , 1984. Mullidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51. Vol. 3. (Ref. 3470 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 11 March 2015 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00881 - 0.01244), b=3.10 (3.07 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.1   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies. Generation time: 1.1 (0.9 - 1.4) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 21 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.5-1.3; tmax=4.6). Prior r = 0.52, 95% CL = 0.35 - 0.79, Based on 1 stock assessment. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (15 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   High . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 233 [126, 477] mg/100g; Iron = 1.33 [0.62, 2.35] mg/100g; Protein = 17.4 [15.4, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.302 [0.178, 0.562] g/100g; Selenium = 58.1 [32.3, 117.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.5 [6.6, 50.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.66 [1.06, 2.32] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-04-20 11:06:07 gmt TaiBIF | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation