Bartail Goatfish, Upeneus tragula Richardson 1846
Other Names: Bar-tail Goatfish, Bartailed Goatfish, Bar-tailed Goatfish, Freckled Goatfish, Mottled Goat-fish, Spotted Goatfish
A Bartail Goatfish, Upeneus tragula, at Shelly Beach, Manly, New South Wales. Source: Richard Ling / Flickr. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A whitish or tan coloured goatfish with yellow chin barbels, a dark yellowish to brown stripe from the snout to the upper part of the caudal-fin base (stripe sometimes interrupted by brown blotches), a large dark spot on the tips of both dorsal fins, and dark bars on the caudal and pelvic fins. Individual fish may be mottled with brown to reddish blotches and spots, especially at night.
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Dianne J. Bray, Upeneus tragula in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1197
Bartail Goatfish, Upeneus tragula Richardson 1846
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Distribution |
Fremantle, Western Australia, around the tropical north to the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria and Flinders Island, Tasmania; also Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits sandy-rubble areas, often near reefs. |
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Species Citation |
Upeneus tragula Richardson 1846, Rep. 12th Mtg Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1845: 220. Type locality: Canton, China. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Bartail Goatfish, Upeneus tragula Richardson 1846
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