Upeneichthys

Upeneichthys
U. porosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Mullidae
Genus:	Upeneichthys Bleeker, 1853 [1] [a]
Type species
Upeneus porosus Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
Atahua Phillipps, 1941

Upeneichthys is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific coasts of Australia. ^[2]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

Species	Common name	Image
Upeneichthys lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801	Blue-lined goatfish
Upeneichthys porosus (Cuvier 1829) [3]
Upeneichthys stotti Hutchins, 1990	Stott's goatfish
Upeneichthys vlamingii (Cuvier, 1829)	Southern goatfish

Nota bene: Kim (2002) and the Catalog of Fishes currently treat U. porosus as its own species, ^{[3] [4]} while FishBase currently treats it as a synonym of U. lineatus. ^[5]

Notes

1. Also in Bleeker, P. (1855). "Over eenige visschen van van Diemensland". Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. 2. Amsterdam: 1–30 + 31, 1 pl.

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Upeneichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Upeneichthys". FishBase . February 2022 version.
3. Kim, B.-J. (2002). "Comparative anatomy and phylogeny of the family Mullidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Memoirs of the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University. 49 (1).
4. "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
5. "Synonyms - Detail". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2025-03-30.