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Diagnostic Description

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VIII,9; pectoral fins 14-16; gill rakers 7-8 + 18-20 = 26-27; lateral line scales 33-35; body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 24-26% SL and at anus 21-23% SL; caudal-peduncle depth 9.0-10% SL; maximum head depth 20-22% SL; head depth through eye 16-17% SL; head length 27-29%SL; orbit length 7.3-8.9% SL; upper jaw length 11-12% SL; barbel length 15-17% SL; caudal-fin length 27-30% SL; anal-fin height 13-15% SL; pelvic-fin length 17-22% SL; pectoral-fin length 25-27% SL; first dorsal-fin height 20-23% SL; second dorsal-fin height 14-16% SL; 6-8 thin, red caudal fin bars on upper lobe (faintly retained when preserved), none on lower lobe but with a red broad band covering the entire lobe apart from the distal, inner margin, the latter somewhat darker (most of which are lost in preserved fish); one mid-lateral body stripe yellow or gold from eye to upper caudal-fin base (not or faintly retained in preserved fish); dark first dorsal-fin tip (retained in preserved fish); white barbels; silvery-rose body, dorsally darkened above lateral stripe (pale brown, slightly darkened dorsally in preserved fish) (Ref. 82903).
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Rodolfo B. Reyes
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Diseases and Parasites

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Epitheliocystis. Bacterial diseases
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 7
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Trophic Strategy

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Lives in sandy and muddy areas in coastal waters (Refs. 9137, 127989). Feeds on benthic and sub-benthic species comprised mostly of crustaceans, supplemented proportionally by fish as size increases (Ref. 127989).
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Biology

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Found in coastal waters with a muddy substrate. Forms large schools (Ref. 9987). Usually fast swimming with short stops to feed (Ref. 48636). Sold fresh in markets. Utilized for fish meal. Valued also for its roe (Ref. 9987).
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Importance

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fisheries: commercial
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分布

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分布於印度-西太平洋區,西起紅海和非洲東部,北至日本南部,南至澳洲北部皆有分布。台灣北部、東北部、西部及澎湖海域可發現。
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利用

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一般以底拖網捕獲。夏季到秋季的台灣東北及西南部沙泥海域可垂釣到。紅燒、油炸都好吃。特殊之覓食行為,故常被水族館做展示用。
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描述

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體延長而稍側扁,呈長橢圓形。頭中大;口小,下位;吻圓鈍;上下頜齒細小,鋤骨與腭骨具齒,均多形成絨毛狀齒帶;上頜延長至眼下方約1/3處。頦部縫合處具一對長鬚。前鰓蓋骨後緣平滑;鰓蓋骨後緣具一短棘;鰓蓋膜與峽部分離;鰓耙數7-9 + 19-22。體被中大櫛鱗,易脫落;側線完全,側線鱗數33-35,側線鱗上之側線管分枝。背鰭兩個,彼此分離;胸鰭軟條數15-17(1通常為16);尾鰭叉尾形。體上半部粉紅色至櫻桃紅色,下半部銀白色; 自眼後緣至尾鰭基部具一水平黃色縱帶;背鰭具3-4條紅褐帶;尾鰭上半葉具6-8條紅褐斜帶,下半葉後緣黑色。
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棲地

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主要棲息於沿岸及近海沙泥底質,經常成小群的在砂泥底質的棲地,翻動底沙泥,尋找底棲的軟體動物及甲殼類。
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Upeneus moluccensis

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Upeneus moluccensis, the goldband goatfish, golden-banded goatfish or Moluccan goatfish, is a species of Indo-Pacific goatfish from the red mullet and goatfish family, the Mullidae. It is widespread in the warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans as far east as New Caledonia and has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal, making it a Lessepsian migrant.

Description

Upeneus moluccensis has an elongated body which has a sub-cylindrical anterior portion which becomes compressed towards the tail with two dorsal fins which are well separated, with the second dorsal fin directly above the anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked. The chin bears a pair of barbels which do not extend past the margin of the preoperculum. The upper and lower jaws, the palatine and the vomer are covered in brush-like or villiform teeth. The back is pinkish-red in colour contrasting with the white belly, from which it is separated by single longitudinal yellow stripe which runs from the operculum to the caudal fin peduncle. The dorsal fins are yellow in colour with 3 parallel red bars while the pectoral fin is a similar colour but lacks markings and the pelvic fin is colourless. The upper lobe of caudal fin is whitish and has 5 or 6 black diagonal bars while the lower lobe is unmarked except for the hind margin which is black as the second bar of the upper lobe extends along it. They can grow to 27 cm but are more usually 7–20 cm.[3][4]

Distribution

Upeneus moluccensis has an Indo-West Pacific distribution, occurring from the Red Sea to New Caledonia and as far north as Japan,[2] and south to northern Australia. It is the second most common member of its genus in New Caledonian waters.[1] The first record of U. moluccensis in the Mediterranean was off Palestine in 1947, it had reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant, and has become common enough in the eastern Mediterranean to be an important species in fisheries.[3]

Biology

Upeneus moluccensis prefers sandy or muddy substrates where it searches for its food, mainly benthic crustaceans using chemoreceptors on its barbels. As they grow larger fish form a greater part of their diet. In the Mediterranean they spawn from late July up to September, the spawn and larvae are planktonic, settling to a benthic habit at 4–5 cm in length and becoming sexually mature when they are about a year old, c. 10 cm in length.[3] They form large schools which are normally quite fast swimmers, occasionally stopping to feed.[1] It is normally found at depths of 10–80m on continental or insular shelf regions.[4] The maximum lifespan for fish caught off Turkey was found to be 5 years for males and six years for females.[1]

Upeneus moluccensis

Fisheries

Upeneus moluccensis is sold fresh in markets as well as being utilized for fish meal and valued for its roe.[2] It is regarded as a "trash fish" by fishermen in the South China Sea because of its relatively small size.[1] The annual catch of goatfish at the fishing harbour of Visakhapatnam in India ranges between 2177 and 3463 tonnes, averaging 2859 tonnes, of which U. moluccensis makes up 18%.[5] In the Mediterranean U. moluccensis is now an important commercial species for trawl fisheries.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Williams, I. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Upeneus moluccensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18177499A115368541. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T18177499A70799447.en. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Upeneus moluccensis" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^ a b c d Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Upeneus moluccensis). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Upeneus_moluccensis.pdf
  4. ^ a b "Golden banded goat-fish (Upeneus moluccensis)". Marine Species Identification Portal: Fishes of the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean. ETI Bioinformatics. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. ^ Madhumita Das (2011). "Largest goatfish, Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855) caught off Visakhapatnam" (PDF). Regional Centre of CMFRI, Visakhapatnam.
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Upeneus moluccensis: Brief Summary

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Upeneus moluccensis, the goldband goatfish, golden-banded goatfish or Moluccan goatfish, is a species of Indo-Pacific goatfish from the red mullet and goatfish family, the Mullidae. It is widespread in the warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans as far east as New Caledonia and has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal, making it a Lessepsian migrant.

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Description

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Found in coastal waters with a muddy substrate. Forms large schools (Ref. 9987). Sold fresh in markets. Utilized for fish meal. Valued also for its roe (Ref. 9987).

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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).

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