Andaman goatfish

📖 Overview

Andaman goatfish (Upeneus andamanensis), first described by Uiblein & Rajan, 2024 is a small fish in the family Mullidae (order Mulliformes). Adults typically reach 9.10 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. It occurs in Tropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal fins VII + 9; pectoral fins 12-13; gill rakers 7 + 16 = 23; lateral-line scales 29-30; body moderately elongate; measurements as % SL: body depth at first dorsal-fin origin 23; body depth at anal-fin origin 22; caudal-peduncle depth 10; cau¬dal-peduncle width 3.7; maximum head depth 21; head depth through eye 17; head length 28; snout length 9.9; orbit length 7.9; upper-jaw length 12; barbel length 20; caudal-fin length 30; anal-fin height 17; pelvic-fin length 23; pectoral-fin length 20; pectoral-fin width 4.3; first dorsal-fin height 28; dorsal-fin spines disproportionally decreasing in height with first spine much longer; second dor¬sal-fin height 15; preserved fish without caudal-fin bars and dorsal-fin stripes; head and body mostly pale-brown, head below and behind maxilla, gill cover and belly from level of pectoral-fin base ventral-wards silvery; body ventrally behind level of pectoral fin and below pale-beige silvery; no mid-lateral body stripe, but on distal half of body a weakly indicated, brown band along mid-body to caudal-fin base; fins generally pale-beige hyaline, barbels pale.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Andaman goatfish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; demersal. Tropical Indian Ocean: India.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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