Upeneus oligospilus Short-fin goatfish

Upeneus oligospilusis commonly referred to as Short-fin goatfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Upeneus oligospilus
German:: Meerbarbe
English:: Short-fin Goatfish

Category:: Goatfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mullidae (Family) > Upeneus (Genus) > oligospilus (Species)
Initial determination:: Lachner, 1954

Occurrence:: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Western Indian Ocean
Size:: up to 6.69" (17 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Upeneus asymmetricus
Upeneus australiae
Upeneus davidaromi
Upeneus doriae
Upeneus filifer
Upeneus francisi
Upeneus guttatus
Upeneus heemstra
Upeneus indicus
Upeneus itoui
Upeneus japonicus
Upeneus lombok
Upeneus luzonius
Upeneus margarethae
Upeneus mascareinsis
Upeneus moluccensis
Upeneus mouthami
Upeneus niebuhri
Upeneus nigromarginatus
Upeneus oligospilus
Meerbarbe
Upeneus parvus
Upeneus pori
Upeneus quadrilineatus
Upeneus randalli
Upeneus saiab
Upeneus seychellensis
Upeneus stenopsis
Upeneus suahelicus
Upeneus subvittatus
Upeneus sulphureus
Upeneus sundaicus
Meerbarbe
Upeneus supravittatus
Upeneus taeniopterus
Upeneus torres
Upeneus tragula
Meerbarbe
Upeneus vanuatu
Upeneus vittatus
Upeneus xanthogrammus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-07-10 15:13:22
Last edit:: 2014-07-10 15:13:22

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Lachner, 1954

Short-fin goatfish lives in shallow reefs in a depth down to 13 meters, where the goatfish burrows in the sand, hunting several invertebrates, small fishs and small echinoderms.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mullidae (Family) > Upeneus (Genus)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Webpage Richard Field (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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