Pennant Goatfish, Upeneus filifer (Ogilby 1910)
Other Names: Thread-fin Goat-fish
Pennant Goatfish, Upeneus filifer. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A pink goatfish becoming white below, with a very long second dorsal-fin spine, and no stripes or small spots on the body.
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Bray, D.J. 2024, Upeneus filifer in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/597
Pennant Goatfish, Upeneus filifer (Ogilby 1910)
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Distribution |
Cape Gloucester, Queensland, to off the Clarence River, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs on the Chesterfield Bank, Coral Sea, between Australia and New Caledonia. |
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Features |
Second dorsal-fin spine very prolonged, extending when depressed beyond base of 2nd dorsal fin; pectoral rays 13 or 14. Dorsal fin VIII + 9; Anal fin I,8 (spine extremely short); Pectoral fin 13-14; Lateral-line scales about 29 (to caudal-fin base); Gill rakers 7-8 + 19 = 26-27. Body depth 3.8-4.2 in SL. Scales absent from side of snout; chin barbels reaching to or beyond a vertical at posterior margin of preopercle, their length 1.4-1.6 in HL; 1st dorsal spine tiny, 2nd spine extremely long when intact, extending beyond base of 2nd dorsal fin when depressed posteriorly. |
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Colour |
Rosy pink above becoming pink on the sides to pearly white on the throat and abdomen, with; pink colour overlain with gold on the cheeks and gill cover, barbels lemon yellow; iris purple with a narrow silver ventrally; dorsal and caudal fins pink, basally washed with gold; other fins transparent. |
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Etymology |
The specific name filifer is from the Latin filum (= thread) and fero (= to bear), in reference to the long, filamentous second dorsal-fin spine of this species. |
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Species Citation |
Upeneoides filifer Ogilby 1910, Endeavour Series No. 1 23: 95. Type locality: off Cape Gloucester, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2024 |
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Resources |
Pennant Goatfish, Upeneus filifer (Ogilby 1910)
References
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Randall, J.E. & Kulbicki, M. 2006. A review of the goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from New Caledonia and the Chesterfield Bank, with a new species and four new records. Zoological Studies 45(3): 298-307
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