Southern goatfish
| Southern goatfish | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Mullidae |
| Genus: | Upeneichthys |
| Species: | U. vlamingii |
| Binomial name | |
| Upeneichthys vlamingii (G. Cuvier, 1829) | |
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Upeneichthys vlamingii, the southern goatfish or blue-spotted goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the Indian Ocean coast of southern Australia. It occurs in rocky estuaries and in coastal waters with a substrate of sand. It can be found down to a depth of 100 metres (330 ft). It can reach a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) TL.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Upeneichthys vlamingii" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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