Japanese goatfish

Upeneus japonicus

Mullid Fish from Two Hundred Meters

Japanese goatfish is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 28 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Goatfishes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Upeneus
Maximum length: 28 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific: W Malaysia and the Philippines to South Korea and Peter the Great Bay, Russia (Ref. 98481 ). Records from more southern areas are probably mainly misidentifications of Upeneus guttatus (Day) or Upeneus sundaicus (Bleeker).

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