Mullidae

Narrow-tail goatfish

Upeneus stenopsis

Fish Reaching Thirteen Point One Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Upeneus stenopsis, the narrowtail goatfish, is a deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus. It was first described by Uiblein & McGrouther in 2012. It is the first known recorded deep-water species of Upeneus to be in found in the Pacific Ocean.