Upeneus or Goatfishes is Subtropical marine genus of perciform fish

Fish

Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

 of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in Eastern Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific. 28 species are recognized in this genus.

Species

{ ellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #87cefa; border: 2px solid" Species Taxon authority Common name Environment & range Upeneus asymmetricus Asymmetrical goatfish Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Upeneus australiae Australian goatfish Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific; Australia. Upeneus davidaromi Arom's goatfish Red Sea; Deep-water (150-500 m). Upeneus doriae Gilded goatfish Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Upeneus filifer Pennant goatfish Western Central Pacific. Upeneus francisi Francis' goatfish Norfolk Island and New Zealand. Upeneus guttatus Two-tone goatfish Indo-West Pacific: The Red Sea to South Africa and to northern Australia. Upeneus indicus Tall-fin goatfish Western India. Upeneus itoui Southern Japan. Upeneus japonicus Bensasi goatfish Japan north to Korea and south to Taiwan and Hong Kong. Upeneus luzonius Dark-barred goatfish Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Upeneus margarethae Margaretha's goatfish Indian Ocean. Upeneus mascareinsis Mascarene goatfish Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion, Western Indonesia. Upeneus moluccensis Goldband goatfish Indo-West Pacific. Upeneus mouthami Moutham's goatfish Western Central Pacific Upeneus oligospilus Short-fin goatfish Persian Gulf. Upeneus parvus Dwarf goatfish Western Atlantic Upeneus pori Por's goatfish Red Sea to southern Oman. Upeneus quadrilineatus Four-stripe goatfish Southern Japan to southern China. Upeneus suahelicus Swahili goatfish Kenya to South Africa, Eritrea. Upeneus subvittatus Deep-water goatfish Japan to Indonesia. Upeneus sulphureus Sulphur goatfish Indo-West Pacific Upeneus sundaicus Ochrebanded goatfish Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. Upeneus supravittatus Long-fin goatfish Sri Lanka, southern India. Upeneus taeniopterus Finstripe goatfish Indo-Pacific. Upeneus tragula Freckled goatfish Indo-West Pacific Upeneus vittatus Yellowstriped goatfish Indo-Pacific Upeneus xanthogrammus Eastern Pacific.