Upeneus tragula Richardson 1846

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 176

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5581090

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1577035E-80AB-FF08-EDFC-C88D1A3809A1

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Upeneus tragula Richardson 1846
status

 

Upeneus tragula Richardson 1846 View in CoL —Freckled goatfish ( Figs 77 View FIGURE 77 , 78 View FIGURE 78 )

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kulineua River , New Hanover as Caprupeneus tragula by Munro (1958: 206–207). Specimens photographed at Lissenung Island , Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon on 26 June 2007, and at 5 m depth by Dean Tully on 22 June 2013 ; others photographed at St. KVG20 (east of Enuk Island , Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on 20 Aug. 2014 . NTUM 10609 (1 specimen, St. PD31 , off south side of Tungelo Island, New Hanover, 02°40.045'S 150°25.817'E, 3–47 m depth, 17 June 2016) GoogleMaps .

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Palau and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Solitary or in groups, on sand-rubble areas, often near coral reefs, 3–40 m depth. Marine.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Mullidae

Genus

Upeneus

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