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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Goatfishes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Upeneus
Maximum length: 13.1 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: North to North-East Australia; Quezon, Philippines. The first record of a deep-water Upeneus goatfish for the Pacific.

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