Japanese Goatfish, Upeneus torres Uiblein & Gledhill 2014
Holotype of the Torres Goatfish, Upeneus torres, from north of Dalrymple Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. Source: Dan Gledhill / Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-NonCommercial
A silvery goatfish with the top of head from upper jaw reddish, lower sides white, with white barbels, two pale red stripes overlaying white rays on dorsal fin, and 9 oblique bars on caudal fin - 5 on upper lobe, 4 on lower lobe.
Japanese Goatfish, Upeneus torres Uiblein & Gledhill 2014
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from off Shark Bay, northwestern Australia, to the Torres Strait, northeastern Australia. Also found in Vanuatu. |
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Features |
Meristic features: Dorsal fin VIII + 9; Anal fin ridge between the first and second dorsal fins (interdorsal ridge); Pectoral fin 16-17; Gill rakers 7-9 + 19-21 = 26-30. |
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Size |
Maximum known length 13.1 cm SL. |
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Colour |
Head and front of body with silvery sides, rear of body and top part of head from upper jaw reddish; abdomen to lower part of caudal peduncle white; body stripes absent; barbels white; dorsal fins clear basally with two pale red stripes overlaying white rays with black tips; caudal fin with 9 oblique dark bars - 5 bars on upper lobe, 4 on lower lobe. |
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Fisheries |
Although of no interest to fisheries, all known specimens have been taken in trawls. |
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Remarks |
In Australia, this species was originally referred to as Upeneus bensasi, which is a synonym of Upeneus japonicus, a species found only in the South China Sea and Japan. |
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Etymology |
The species name torres is from the type locality in the Torres Strait which was named after Luis Váez de Torres, a sixteenth–seventeenth century maritime explorer serving the Spanish Crown, noted for the first recorded navigation of the strait which separates Australia from the island of New Guinea. |
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Species Citation |
Upeneus torres Uiblein & Gledhill 2014, Marine Biology Research: 2, figs 1-5. Type locality: NE Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, north of Dalrymple Island, 9°19.70′S, 143°15.09′E, 12 m. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Japanese Goatfish, Upeneus torres Uiblein & Gledhill 2014
References
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (as Upeneus bensasi)
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. (as Upeneus japonicus)
Uiblein, F. & Gledhill, D.C. 2014. A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons. Marine Biology Research 11(5): 475-491. DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2014.958088 PDF Open access
