Teleostei (teleosts) >
Mulliformes (Goatfishes) >
Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Upeneus: Greek, ypene, -es = upper lip (Ref. 45335); farnis: Named for Professor Farnis Boneka, Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Sam Ratulangi University (UNSRAT), Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Western Pacific: Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116177)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 6. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII + 9; pectoral fins 15-16; gill rakers 7-9 + 20-22 = 28-31; adult measurements in % SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 23-25, at anus 20-22; caudal-peduncle depth 8.8-9.9; maximum head depth 19-21; head depth through eye 15-17; interorbital length 7.2-8.6; head length 28-31; snout length 9.9-12; postorbital length 11-14; orbit length 5.6-7.2; upper jaw length 9.6-12; barbel length 18-23; caudal-peduncle length 21-25; caudal-fin length 27-29; anal-fin height 12-15; pelvic-fin length 19-21; pectoral-fin length 18-20; first dorsal-fin height 16-20; second dorsal-fin height 12-15. Colour of body and head are dark brown grey dorsally, a weak mid-lateral body stripe of same colour; 4-7 dark brown-grey narrow bars on upper lobe of caudal fin, interrupted by pale interspaces of similar width as bars while the lower caudal-fin lobe is almost entirely brown-grey pigmented, except for the distal-most ray forming a pale ventral margin; barbels are pale grey; preserved fish with dark dorsal, upper caudal-lobe bars and lower-caudal lobe pigmentation retained (Ref. 116177).
All specimens were collected from a fish market, hence no natural habitat information is available (Ref. 116177).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Uiblein, F., D.C. Gledhill and T. Peristiwady, 2017. Two new goatfishes of the genus Upenus (Mullidae) from Australia and Indonesia. Zootaxa 4318(1):295-311. (Ref. 116177)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
Tools
Special reports
Download XML
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00439 - 0.01983), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
![Image of Upeneus farnis (Farnis\](/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Upfar_u0.jpg "Image of Upeneus farnis (Farnis\")
