FB-7879 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Mulliformes Mullidae Upeneus Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) Salmonete bensasi Sultan Ibrahim Bar-tailed goatfish Bensasi goatfish Goatfish Japanese goatfish Red goatfish Red mullet goatfish Striped goatfish Yellowfin goatfish Yellowfin goat fish Harilik merisultan Rouget-souris bensasi Himeji No-rang-ch'ok-su 노랑촉수 Biji nangka Biji nangka Jepun Butir nangka Lebai Fangalaato Te-nevere டீ நீவெரீ  தீநவரை Amarilis Saging-saging Saramuliete Yangutan Cá Phèn khoai Balaki Là zhú yú Saramulyete Tiao Ti-ao Tiáo wěi fēi lí Timbungan Tumbungan Ubakan 三带海鲱鲤 三帶海鯡鯉 日本緋鯉 日本绯鲤 日本羊魚 日本羊鱼 朱筆 条尾绯鲤 条纹绯鲤 條尾緋鯉 條紋緋鯉 秋姑 须哥 Mullus bensasi Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 Mullus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 Upeneoides bensasi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) Upeneoides tokisensis Döderlein, 1883 Upeneus bensasi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) Upeneus guttatus (non Day, 1868) 1993-04-18 2024-09-25 Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. 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(Ref. 137577) FB-pic-7879-12033 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1996-09-30 1998-08-10 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Upjap_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Upjap_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-7879 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-18 00:00:00 2024-09-25 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 Widespread in sandy regions (Ref. 9137). Minimum depth from Ref. 098481. Randall, J.E., M.L. Bauchot and P. Guézé 1993 <i>Upeneus japonicus</i> (Houttuyn), a senior synonym of the Japanese goatfish <i>U. bensasi</i> (Temminck et Schlegel). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 40(3):301-305. (Ref. 10687) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7879 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-08-12 00:00:00 2016-07-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII + 9; pectoral fins 13-15; gill rakers 6-8 + 18-21 = 24-28. Adult measurements as %SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 21-25 and at anus 18-22; caudal-peduncle depth 8.0-11; maximum head depth 18-21 and through eye 15-17; head length 27-31; orbit length 6.1-8.2; upper jaw length 9.7-12; barbel length 18-23; caudal-fin length 25-29; anal-fin height 15-19; pelvic-fin length 19-23; pectoral-fin length 21-25; first dorsal-fin height 20-24 and second dorsal-fin height 15-19. Colouration: upper caudal-fin lobe in fresh fish with 3-4 red oblique bars while lower caudal-fin lobe almost entirely covered by a broad red stripe that becomes darker distally and is partially surrounded by a dark grey line and by a contrasting white fin margin and white lobe tip exteriorly; there are only weak indications of upper caudal fin lobe bars in preserved specimens with a dark pigmented zone remaining distally at the lower lobe; barbels are yellow; without lateral body stripes; head and body white or silvery ventrally and laterally, sometimes covered with red blotches, and uniformly red dorsally of lateral line; preserved fish are pale brown or brown (Ref. 98481).Description: Differs from other Upeneus with 7-spined dorsal fin in generally having14 pectoral fin rays; 7 + 18 gill rakers; 29 - 30 + 2 lateral line scales; teeth on ectopterygoid present; and, dark brown or black peritoneum (Ref. 43139). Uiblein, F. and D.C. Gledhill 2015 A new goatfish of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons. Mar. Biol. Res. 25(11):475-491. (Ref. 98481) FB-Morphology-7879 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-08-12 00:00:00 2016-07-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 7 Uiblein, F. and D.C. Gledhill 2015 A new goatfish of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons. Mar. Biol. Res. 25(11):475-491. (Ref. 98481) FB-Distribution-7879 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-18 00:00:00 2025-03-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Western Pacific: W Malaysia and the Philippines to South Korea and Peter the Great Bay, Russia (Ref. 98481). Records from more southern areas are probably mainly misidentifications of Upeneus guttatus (Day) or Upeneus sundaicus (Bleeker). Uiblein, F. and D.C. Gledhill 2015 A new goatfish of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons. Mar. Biol. Res. 25(11):475-491. (Ref. 98481) FB-Uses-7879 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-18 00:00:00 2024-09-25 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: minor commercial; price category: high; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus Sinoda, M., P.Y. Lim and S.M. Tan 1978 Preliminary study of trash fish landed at Kangkar Fish Market in Singapore. Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish. 44(6):595-600. (Ref. 7323) FB-TrophicStrategy-7879 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-06-14 00:00:00 2008-12-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public japonicus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Widespread in sandy regions (Ref. 9137). Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen 1993 Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137) FB-Size-7879 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-18 00:00:00 2024-09-25 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 28.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 107961)); max. published weight: 202 g (Ref. 107961) Yagi, M., M. Yamada, M. Shimoda, J. Uchida, T. Kinoshita, K. Shimizu, N. Yamawaki, T. Aoshima, Y. Morii and H. Kanehara 2015 Length-weight relationships of 22 fish species from the East China sea. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 31:252-254. (Ref. 107961) Yagi, M., M. Yamada, M. Shimoda, J. Uchida, T. Kinoshita, K. Shimizu, N. Yamawaki, T. Aoshima, Y. Morii and H. Kanehara 2015 Length-weight relationships of 22 fish species from the East China sea. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 31:252-254. (Ref. 107961) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-7879 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-18 00:00:00 2024-09-25 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7879 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 4 - 200 m (Ref. 28016), usually 4 - 90 m (Ref. 98481) al Sakaff, H. and M. Esseen 1999 Occurrence and distribution of fish species off Yemen (Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea). Naga, ICLARM Q. 22(1):43-47. (Ref. 28016) Uiblein, F. and D.C. Gledhill 2015 A new goatfish of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons. Mar. Biol. Res. 25(11):475-491. (Ref. 98481)