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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); stenopsis: Name from the Greek word stenos, meaning 'narrow'; referring to the rather narrow (both in depth and width) caudal peduncle of the new species.
Taxonomic Remarks
FishBase common name changed from Narrow-tail goatfish to Narrowtail goatfish (Uiblein et al., 2024: Ref. 130857).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 165 - 275 m (Ref. 92287). Tropical
Pacific Ocean: North to North-East Australia; Quezon, Philippines. The first record of a deep-water Upeneus goatfish for the Pacific.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 92287)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9. This species is characterized by the following: Dorsal fins VIII + 9; pectoral fins 15-16; gill rakers 7-8+18-20 = 25-28; body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 22-25% SL; body depth at anus 18-21% SL; caudal-peduncle depth 7.4-7.8% SL; maximum head depth 22-23% SL; head depth through eye 18-19% SL; head length 33-34% SL; orbit length 9.2-9.9% SL; upper jaw length 14-15% SL; barbel length 21-22% SL; caudal-fin length 26-28% SL; anal-fin height 15-16% SL; pelvic-fin length 18-19% SL; pectoral-fin length 23-25% SL; first dorsal-fin height 20-23% SL; second dorsal-fin height 14-16% SL; total number of oblique caudal-fin bars 7-9, colour of bars changing from pale brown proximally to dark brown towards rear caudal-fin margin; dark bars on upper caudal-fin lobe 4-5 (including one bar close to rear end of lateral line), slightly increasing in width distally; lower caudal-fin lobe with 3-4 bars, of similar width as white interspaces between bars; first dorsal-fin tip black; caudal-fin bars and black dorsal-fin tip retained on preserved fish; barbels white; lateral body stripes absent; head and body silvery laterally and reddish dorsally, belly and ventral side of peduncle white; preserved fish dorsally or entirely pale brown or brown, with ventral part of body and head covered by white or silvery pigment (Ref. 92287).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Uiblein, F. and M. McGrouther, 2012. A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from northern Australia and the Philippines, with a taxonomic account of U. subvittatus and remarks on U. mascareinsis. Zootaxa 3550:61-70. (Ref. 92287)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00955 (0.00454 - 0.02011), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (21 of 100). 🛈 |