Upeneus Cuvier, 1829

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 : 139

Genus Upeneus Cuvier, 1829

Diagnosis ( Uiblein and Maclaine, 2021)

Dorsal fins VII or VIII + 9; pectoral fins 12-17; princi- pal caudal-fin rays 7 + 8 (median 13 branched); gill rakers 4-9 + 13-24 = 18-33; lateral-line scales 28-39; lateral line complete; small scales present basally on second dorsal, anal and/or caudal fins; small teeth present on vomer and pala- tines; teeth on jaws multiserial and villiform; body oblong, slightly compressed or nearly rounded; barbels 15-27% SL; snout length 9.1-14% SL, subequal to or slightly shorter than postorbital length (9.7-15% SL); body frequently with one to several longitudinal stripes, varying from yellow to red, brown or black in life; oblique bars often present on caudal-fin lobes, usually retained in preservative when darkly pigmented, and their number, colour and form of diagnostic importance.

Remarks

Fifty-one species, of which 47 have been included in seven taxonomic species groups and four species left ungrouped.