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> Mulliformes (Goatfishes) > Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin démersal; profondeur 18 - 100 m (Ref. 5217), usually 40 - 70 m (Ref. 9626). Tropical; 37°N - 33°S, 98°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and Puerto Rico to Santa Catarina, Brazil (Ref. 57756). Absent in the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the western Caribbean (Ref. 26938).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 14.6 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 26938); common length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3792); poids max. publié: 180.00 g (Ref. 126891)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 8; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 8; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 6. Oblique dark bars across both lobes of caudal fin (Ref. 26938).

Found over mud and sand bottoms (Ref. 3792). Juveniles up to 8 cm are pelagic (Ref. 9626). Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 3792). Flesh considered good quality; marketed fresh and frozen (Ref. 3792). In southwestern Brazil found in 112 m depth (Ref. 47377).

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Oviparous (Ref. 101743).

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Randall, John E. | Collaborateurs

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial

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Upeneus parvus Poey, 1852