|
Upeneus andamanensis Uiblein & Rajan, 2024 Andaman goatfish |
|
|
photo by
Uiblein, F. |
| Family: | Mullidae (Goatfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 9.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Indian Ocean: India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal fins VII + 9; pectoral fins 12-13; gill rakers 7 + 16 = 23; lateral-line scales 29-30; body moderately elongate; measurements as % SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 23; body depth at anal-fin origin 22; caudal-peduncle depth 10; cau¬dal-peduncle width 3.7; maximum head depth 21; head depth through eye 17; head length 28; snout length 9.9; orbit length 7.9; upper-jaw length 12; barbel length 20; caudal-fin length 30; anal-fin height 17; pelvic-fin length 23; pectoral-fin length 20; pectoral-fin width 4.3; first dorsal-fin height 28; dorsal-fin spines disproportionally decreasing in height with first spine much longer; second dor¬sal-fin height 15; preserved fish without caudal-fin bars and dorsal-fin stripes; head and body mostly pale-brown, head below and behind maxilla, gill cover and belly from level of pectoral-fin base ventral-wards silvery; body ventrally behind level of pectoral fin and below pale-beige silvery; no mid-lateral body stripe, but on distal half of body a weakly indicated, brown band along mid-body to caudal-fin base; fins generally pale-beige hyaline, barbels pale. | |||
| Biology: | Collected in a fish market (Ref. 130857). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||