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Short-fin Goatfish
Upeneus oligospilus Lachner, 1954
Also calledparmice perská (ces)
First described in: Lachner, E. A. (1954). A revision of the goatfish genus Upeneus with descriptions of two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 103 (3330): 497-532, Pls. 13-14.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Common Name: Short-fin goatfish Observation Site: The species was observed and photographed in the rocky reefs of Kovalam (8 ° 23 ′ 34.6 ″ N, 76 ° 58 ′ 24.2 ″ E; 8 ° 23 ′ 34.4 ″ N, 76 ° 58 ′ 21.6 ″ E) at a depth of 1.6 m on 8 th March 2015.
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
diagnosis
Diagnosis: A wide black horizontal stripe extends from the tip of the snout along the middle of the body, reaching the caudal base. The dorsal and ventral body shades are distinctly different, with the ventral side being darker and featuring brown blotches. The observed specimen's fins are characterized by a series of dark brown or black bars: three on the upper caudal-fin lobe and 3 - 4 on the lower lobe.
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
discussion
Remarks: This record from the Arabian Sea extends the known range of this species from the southwestern Atlantic to the western Indian Ocean. The species was previously listed in the author's studies (Baiju et al., 2016; Baiju et al., 2019).
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2396760.