Upeneus floros Uiblein & Gouws, 2020

Uiblein, Franz, Williams, Jeffrey T., Bailly, Nicolas, Hoang, Tuan A. & Rajan, P. Thomas, 2024, Four new goatfishes (Upeneus, Mullidae, Mulliformes) from the Asian Indo-Pacific with a list of valid goatfish species and remarks on goatfish diversity, Cybium 48 (2), pp. 135-160 : 157

Upeneus floros Uiblein & Gouws, 2020 (n = 17)

Types. Holotype: SAIAB 204583 , adult, 105 mm SL, South Africa, SW Indian Ocean, Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, Two- Mile Reef, Deep Receiver oceanographic station, 27°30.735’S, 32°41.224’E, speargun, 19 m depth; paratypes: South Africa, SW Indian Ocean, KwaZulu-Natal: SAIAB 51020, 144 mm SL, N of Durban, 29°39’S, 31°08’E; SAIAB 62725, 102 mm SL, St. Lucia River Mouth; SAIAB 186410 , 2 , 113-119 mm SL, off Thukela , 29°21.82’S, 31°48.76’E, 70 m depth; SAIAB 186445, 116 mm SL, N of Durban, 28°40.66’S, 32°17.470’E, 27 m depth, trawl; SAIAB 188756, 107 mm SL, Park Rynie , 30°20’S, 30°45’E; SAIAB 188765, 116 mm SL, St. Lucia, 28°13.41’S, 32°32.05’E, 18 m depth; SAIAB 188774 , 3 , 90-107 mm SL, same data as previous; SAIAB 209539 , 2 , 94-108 mm SL, same data as holotype.

Non-types. Mozambique, SW Indian Ocean : BPBM 31272, 106 mm SL, NE off Beira, Sofala Bank, 19°09’S, 36°20’E , RV Anton Bruun, cruise 8, st. 403A, International Indian Ocean Expedition ; SAIAB 82794 , 93 mm SL, off Inhambane , RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, st. M07-36, 24°56.6’S, 35°03’E, 65 m depth, bottom trawl ; SAIAB 188305 , 92 mm SL, NE off Angoche, northernmost Sofala Bank , RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, st. 29, 16°02.75’S, 40°20.26’E, 29-40 m depth, bottom trawl ; SAM MB-F034156 , 1 (of 66), 97 mm SL, off Beira, 19°49’S, 36°05’E, bottom trawl .