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Upeneus moluccensis

Description

Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker 1855) —Goldband goatfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker 1855) by George et al. (1964: 18); subsequently recorded as Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker) by Mouneimné (1977: 63); as Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker 1855) by Mouneimné (2002: 157–158); recently recorded as Upeneus moluccensis by Bariche et al. (2007: 112); as Upeneus moluccensis by Carpentieri et al. (2009: 3); as Upeneus moluccensis by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366); as Upeneus moluccensis by Fanelli et al. (2015: 2169). Material in collection: AUBM, BMNH, ROM and USNM.

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and Réunion east to Caroline Islands and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia); eastern Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 11 March 2015). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.

Notes

Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2015-03-11
Verbatim event date
2015-03-11
Scientific name authorship
Bleeker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Mullidae
Genus
Upeneus
Species
moluccensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855) sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • George, C. J., Athanassiou, V. A. & Boulos, I. (1964) The fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers in the Natural Sciences. The American University of Beirut, 4, 1 - 24.
  • Mouneimne, N. (1977) Liste des poissons de la cote du Liban (Mediterranee orientale). Cybium, 3 (1), 37 - 66.
  • Mouneimne, N. (2002) Poissons marins du Liban et de la Mediterranee orientale. INCAM-EU / CNRS Lebanon, Beyrouth, 271 pp.
  • Bariche, M., Sadek, R., Al-Zein, M. S. & El-Fadel, M. (2007) Diversity of juvenile fish assemblages in the pelagic waters of Lebanon (eastern Mediterranean). Hydrobiologia, 580, 109 - 115. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10750 - 006 - 0461 - 0
  • Carpentieri, P., Lelli, S., Colloca, F., Mohanna, C., Bartolino, V., Moubayed, S. & Ardizzone, G. D. (2009) Incidence of lessepsian migrants on landings of the artisanal fishery of south Lebanon. Marine Biodiversity Records, 2, e 71. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267209000645
  • Bariche, M., Torres, M., Smith, C., Sayar, N., Azzurro, E., Baker, R. & Bernardi, G. (2015) Red Sea fishes in the Mediterranean Sea: a preliminary investigation of a biological invasion using DNA barcoding. Journal of Biogeography, 42 (12), 2363 - 2373. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jbi. 12595
  • Fanelli, E., Azzurro, E., Bariche, M., Cartes, J. E. & Maynou, F. (2015) Depicting the novel Eastern Mediterranean food web: a stable isotopes study following Lessepsian fish invasion. Biological Invasions, 17, 2163 - 2178. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10530 - 015 - 0868 - 5