| Citation | Uiblein, F., H. Motomura, P.R. Møller, M.H. Sabaj Pérez, S. Boonphienphol, T.A. Hoang and K. Parkinson, 2025, Two new goatfish species of the Upeneus sulphureus-species group (Mullidae), with a redescription of U. sulphureus Cuvier, 1829 and a review of barbel length in the genus.. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 113(3):453-486. |
| Ref. | Uiblein, F., H. Motomura, P.R. Møller, M.H. Sabaj Pérez, S. Boonphienphol, T.A. Hoang and K. Parkinson, 2025 |
| Page | 453,459;fig.1-6;tab.1-6,8 |
| Named Used as Valid | Upeneus sulphureus |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific: eastern South Africa to the Red Sea, Japan, Fiji, and New Caledonia; No verified record in the Atlantic; absent from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, where it is replaced by Upeneus doriae. |
| Quote | Synonyms: Mulloides pinnivittatus, Upeneoides belaque, Upeneus bilineatus, U. bivittatus, U. sanctaehelenae; depth range: 2-90 m; max length 14.6 cm SL; Sulphur Goatfish. |