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Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); elongatus: Named for the elongate, very shallow body and head of this species.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 25 m (Ref. 123711). Subtropical
Western Pacific: Japan and probably the Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.9 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 13; gill rakers 8 + 19-20 = 27-28; elongated body laterally compressed. Measurements as % SL: depth at first dorsal-fin origin 21; body depth at anal-fin origin 18; caudal peduncle depth 8.3, its width 3.3; maximum head depth 18 and through eye 14; head length 27; snout length 10; orbit length 6.7; upper-jaw length 11; barbel length 17; caudal-fin length 29; anal-fin height 16; pelvic-fin length 23; pectoral-fin length 21; first dorsal-fin height 20 with dorsal-fin spines proportionally decreasing in height; second dorsal-fin height 15. Body markings: total oblique bars on caudal fin 12, upper caudal-fin lobe with 5 red bars; lower caudal-fin lobe with 7 red-brown blotch-like bars which are most distinct along middle of lobe and dorsally with a faint yellowish-beige stripe of less than orbit diameter in width that connects to caudal-fin base; bars are mostly retained after preservation; first dorsal fin with a large yellowish-beige triangular patch close to fin base covering central part of ventral half of fin; a similarly coloured, but much smaller patch at middle of second dorsal-fin base; when fresh barbels are white; in freshly deceased fish, body and head colour pale greyish dorsally and mostly red below eye level except for pale-grey snout region; ventral margin of the head and body silvery white; with a vermillion mid-lateral body stripe from snout tip through eye to middle of caudal-fin base; when preserved, body and head pale brown, mid-body darkened (Ref. 123711).
Occurs on shallow sandy bottoms (Ref. 123711).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | 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: Version 2024-1)
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=0.00933 (0.00439 - 0.01983), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±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).
