Upeneichthys lineatus

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Upeneichthys lineatus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Upeneichthys
Species:
U. lineatus
Binomial name
Upeneichthys lineatus
(
J. G. Schneider
, 1801)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mullus surmuletus lineatus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
  • Upeneus porosus Cuvier, 1829
  • Upeneichthys porosus (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Atahua clarki Phillipps, 1941

Upeneichthys lineatus, also known as the blue-striped mullet, blue-lined goatfish. blue-striped goatfish, blue-spotted goatfish and blue striped red mullet, is a

commercially important.[2]

Description

Upeneichthys lineatus has a small, fleshy-lipped mouth with each jaw armed with a single row of conical teeth. Like the other members of the family Mullidae it has two fleshy barbels on its chin.

anal fins. They may attain a length of 31 centimetres (12 in)[4] They have 9 spines and 8 rays in their dorsal fins and a single spine and 6 rays in their anal fins.[2]

Distribution

Upeneichthys lineatus is

Fraser Island, Queensland[4] south to Tasmania[1] and west as far as Lakes Entrance, Victoria.[4] See Taxonomy
for other areas it may be found.

Habitat and biology

Upeneichthys lineatus is found over sandy bottoms in sheltered waters such as in bays and harbours, where they use their sensory barbels to probe the sediment for prey.

molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms and fishes, also larger soft-bodied animals similar to polychaetes. They have separate sexes and fertilisation is external, with spawning occurring above the bottom and both the eggs and larvae are pelagic.[4]

Taxonomy

Upeneichthys lineatus was first formally described as Mullus surmuletus lineatus by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801.[4] The taxon Upeneichthys porosus was first described in 1829 as Upeneus porosus by Georges Cuvier from the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand and some authorities regard this as a valid species found around New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and Norfolk Island.[6] Other authorities treat U. porosus as a valid taxon but as a subspecies of U. lineatus, U.l. porosus.[7]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69538564A69539661.en
    . Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Upeneichthys lineatus " in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^ "Bluestriped Goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)". Australian Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Dianne J. Bray. "Bluestriped Goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2003.12.011
    .
  6. ^ Bray, D.J. (2019). "Upeneichthys porosus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 6 Apr 2020.
  7. ^ J. Barry Hutchins (1990). "Description of a new species of mullid fish from south-western Australia, with comments on Upeneichthys lineatus" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 14 (4): 483–494.
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