FB-65401 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65401 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Eupercaria/misc Labridae Halichoeres Halichoeres zulu Randall & King, 2010 Swahili goatfish 2010-04-05 2024-08-19 Uiblein, F. and P.C. Heemstra0 A taxonomic review of the Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana 11:35-71. (Ref. 83903) Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky0 The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist. Zootaxa 2463:1-135. (Ref. 84159) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) FB-DiagnosticDescr-65410 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-04-12 00:00:00 2010-04-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65410 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VIII,9; pectoral fins 15-16; gill rakers 6-8 + 19-21 = 26-28; lateral line scales 34-35; body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 26-30% SL and at anal-fin origin 22-26% SL; caudal-peduncle depth 9.9-11% SL; maximum head depth 22-25% SL; head depth through eye 17-19% SL; head length 28-31%SL; orbit length 7.1-9.4% SL; upper jaw length 12-14% SL; barbel length 15-20% SL; caudal-fin length 26-30% SL; anal-fin height 15-17% SL; pelvic-fin length 18-21% SL; pectoral-fin length 25-26% SL; first dorsal-fin height 22-26% SL; second dorsal-fin height 16-18% SL; 8-10 total bars on caudal fin, 4-6 brown bars on upper caudal-fin lobe, 3-4 of same color on lower lobe with the 3 proximal bars on upper lobe slightly curved with caudal-fin bars and white interspaces nearly equal width in width; in preserved specimens, all bars entirely retained. Fresh fish with 2 yellow or pale brown lateral body stripes, one close to lateral line, reaching from behind head to caudal-fin base, and another one below, starting behind pectoral-fin base; tip of first dorsal-fin dark, also in preserved fish; barbels white; head and body silvery white laterally and reddish-brown darker dorsally, belly white; in preserved fish, body pale brown, sometimes dorsally darkened (Ref. 82903). Uiblein, F. and P.C. Heemstra 2010 A taxonomic review of the Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana 11:35-71. (Ref. 83903) FB-Morphology-65410 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-04-12 00:00:00 2010-04-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65410 Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 Uiblein, F. and P.C. Heemstra 2010 A taxonomic review of the Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana 11:35-71. (Ref. 83903) FB-Distribution-65410 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-04-07 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65410 Western Indian Ocean: Kenya to South Africa, Eritrea (Red Sea). Uiblein, F. and P.C. Heemstra 2010 A taxonomic review of the Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana 11:35-71. (Ref. 83903) FB-Size-65410 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-04-07 00:00:00 2010-04-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65410 13.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 83903)) Uiblein, F. and P.C. Heemstra 2010 A taxonomic review of the Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana 11:35-71. (Ref. 83903) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-65410 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-04-07 00:00:00 2010-04-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65410 reef-associated; marine; depth range 20 - 99 m (Ref. 83903) Uiblein, F. and P.C. Heemstra 2010 A taxonomic review of the Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus <i>Upeneus</i> (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana 11:35-71. (Ref. 83903)