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Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); aurorae: Named for its type locality, Aurora Proc., Luzon, Philippines..
Issue
Known only by the holotype at the date of description in 2024 (Ref. 130857).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal. Tropical
Distribution
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Western Pacific: Philippines.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.3 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 130857)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 7; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII + 9; pectoral fins 14; gill rakers 5-6 + 16-17 = 22; lateral-line scales 30; body moderately elongate. Colouration: total oblique bars
on caudal fin 12, upper caudal-fin lobe with 5 brownish-red bars, the three most proximal bars curved, no bar on lobe tip; lower caudal-fin lobe with a conspicuous red stripe, 7 brownish-red bars ventrally (the distal-most bar close to lobe tip), 5 grey bars along dorsal margin and a black lobe tip; dorsal fins of fresh fish with four brownish-red stripes; barbels pale-rose whitish with pale-red origin; head and body colour of freshly deceased fish silvery ventrally and grey-brownish dorsally, with some reddish patches on gill cover and along ventral body side and a blackish saddle behind second dorsal fin; no mid-lateral body stripe; paired and anal fins palewhitish hyaline, anterior part of pelvic fins with weak palered pigmentation; in preserved fish head behind maxilla and body ventrally whitish silvery; in preserved fish head above maxilla and body dorsally from about eye level pale brown, with a weakly indicated dark grey saddle behind second dorsal fin, bars on caudal fins and stripes on dorsal fins partly retained as grey pigmentation patterns; barbels pale (Ref. 130857).
Measurements as % SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 23; body depth at anal-fin origin 22; caudal-peduncle depth 11; caudal-peduncle width 3.9; maximum head depth 21; head depth through eye 16; head length 28; snout length 11; orbit length 6.7; upper-jaw length 11; barbel length 19; caudal-fin length 29; anal-fin height 17; pelvic-fin length 20; pectoral-fin length 21; pectoral-fin width 5.1; first dorsal-fin height 20; dorsal-fin spines proportionally decreas (Ref. 130857).
This species is most probably from shallow bottom reached by artisanal fisheries (Ref. 130857).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Uiblein, F., J.T. Williams, N. Bailly, T.A. Hoang and P.T. Rajan, 2024. Four new goatfishes (Upeneus, Mullidae, Mulliformes) from the Asian Indo-Pacific with a list of valid goatfish species and remarks on goatfish diversity. Cybium 48(2):135-160. (Ref. 130857)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).