Pseudupeneus maculatus

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Pseudupeneus maculatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Pseudupeneus
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pseudupeneus maculatus
(Bloch, 1793)
Synonyms [2]

Mullus maculatusBloch 1793

Pseudupeneus maculatus, the spotted goatfish, is a species from the family Mullidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] The species was originally described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1793. [2] It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean. [1] [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudupeneus maculatus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. Andrey Soares; Alex S Lira; Júlio Guazzelli Gonzalez; Leandro N Eduardo; Flávia Lucena-Frédou; François Le Loc'h; Beatrice Padovani Ferreira; Thierry Frédou (13 May 2020). "Feeding habits and population aspects of the spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus (Perciformes: Mullidae), on the continental shelf of northeast Brazil". Scientia Marina . 84 (2). doi:10.3989/SCIMAR.04958.24A. ISSN   0214-8358. Wikidata   Q109779315.
  4. "Pseudupeneus maculatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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