Upeneus guttatus (Day, 1868)

Uiblein, Franz, Williams, Jeffrey T., Bailly, Nicolas, Hoang, Tuan A. & Rajan, P. Thomas, 2024, Four new goatfishes (Upeneus, Mullidae, Mulliformes) from the Asian Indo-Pacific with a list of valid goatfish species and remarks on goatfish diversity, Cybium 48 (2), pp. 135-160 : 158-159

Upeneus guttatus (Day, 1868) (n = 75)

Types. Lectotype: BMNH 1868.5 .14.11, lectotype, 111 mm SL, Chennai (Madras), SE India, NE Indian Ocean; holotype of Upeneus crosnieri Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967: MNHN 1965-0017 , 126 mm SL, off SW Madagascar, Pracel Bank , 45 m depth.

Non-types. W Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Egypt, Gulf of Suez: MNHN-IC-1967-0553, 77 mm SL ; SAIAB 88872 , 98 mm SL, local fishermen (Suez fish market?); Sudan : BMNH 1960 -315.8.42-1, 77 mm SL, 5 miles S of Ibn Abbas Island ; Saudi Arabia : SMF 35012 , 78 mm SL, 16°54.869’N, 42°26.044’E, 21 m depth; WIO proper, Somalia : USNM 396093, 114 mm SL, 11°14’N, 51°08’E; Kenya : SAIAB 13947, 100 mm SL, RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen cruise 1980, 03°07’S, 40°11’E, 17 m depth, bottom trawl; Mozambique : SAIAB 82166 , 95 mm SL, SW of Beira , RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , M73, 20°53.80’S, 35°39.60’E, 61 m depth ; SAIAB 82216 , 91 mm SL, 19°56.2’S, 35°47.2’E , RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , M07-78, 47 m depth, bottom trawl ; SAIAB 81746 , 91 mm SL , RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , M07-07, 26°30.4’S, 32°58.4’E, 82 m depth, bottom trawl ; SAIAB 82007 , 2 , 93-108 mm SL , RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , M07-46, 24°33.7’S, 35°15.6’E, 51 m depth, bottom trawl ; SAIAB 82813, 102 mm SL, RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , M07-77, 19°47.4’S, 35°30.7’E, 28 m depth, bottom trawl ; SAM MB-F034164 , 142 mm SL, 18°30’S, 37°15’E ; VIMS 7487 , 93 mm SL, 20°30’S, 35°49’E, 32 m depth; Madagascar : SAIAB 52827 , 92 mm SL, NW Madagascar , Tsimipaika Bay , 8-12 m depth ; SAIAB 192775 , 2 , 90-104 mm SL, off NE Madagascar , 17°32.29’S, 49°37.13’E, RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, st. 2008405-24, 51-52 m depth, bottom trawl ; SAIAB 209011, 133 mm SL, same sampling data as before; Réunion : MNHN-IC-1967-0554, 92 mm SL, Bay of La Possession , 20°53’S, 55°21’E, 80 m depth; Seychelles : BPBM 35580 , 3 (of 6), 68-76 mm SL, Poivre Atoll , 5°46’S, 53°11’E, 57 m depth, Agassiz trawl ; SAIAB 84255 , 10 , 93-117 mm SL, Seychelles, Seychelles Bank, RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, ACEP 08-26, 5°41’52.8”S, 56°42’07.2”E, 59 m depth, bottom trawl ; SAIAB 84281 , 3 , 106–117 mm SL, Seychelles, Seychelles bank, RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, ACEP 08-27; 5°24’25.2”S, 56°25’43.8”E, 60 m depth, bottom trawl; E Indian Ocean: India : HIFIRE F5898 , 91 mm SL, South Andaman district , Andaman Islands; Myanmar , Bay of Bengal : SAIAB 203668, 109 mm SL, RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , 18°37.61’N, 93°39.53’E, St. 2015404-17, 36-38 m depth ; SAIAB 203675, 104 mm SL, 19°40.84’N, 92°54,13’E , RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, St. 2015404-4 ,

45 m depth; SAIAB 203676 , 99 mm SL, 19°06.31’N, 93°07.89’E , St. 2015404-10, RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , 78 m depth; Andaman Sea: VIMS 7521 , 96 mm SL, 09°54’N, 97°42’E , 73 m depth; VIMS 7584, 102 mm SL, same sampling data as before; Malaysia, Malacca: ZMUC P 49432, 108 mm SL; W Australia: AMS I.22801-004, 3, 78-94 mm SL, off Port Hedland , 19°32’S, 118°09’E , RV Soela , 50-52 m depth; AMS I.22831-012, 4, 80-91 mm SL, NW Shelf , 140 km W of Port Hedland, 20°00’S, 117°16’E , FRV Soela , 50 m depth; CSIRO CA 283, 112 mm SL, N of Nickol Bay , 20°06’S, 117°06’E , FRV Courageous , 42-44 m depth; CSIRO CA 3044, 101 mm SL, NW of Port Hedland , 20°06’S, 118°00’E , FRV Soela , 29-30 m depth; W Pacific: E Malaysia: KAUM 41717 , 96 mm SL, Terengganu, 48 km off Cendering, Kuala Terengganu, 5°16’N, 103°11’E , 70-90 m depth; KAUM 41718, 101 mm SL, same sampling data as before; Philippines: CAS 232885, 118 mm SL, Negros , N of Cadiz town, 11°05’N, 123°20’E , 18-36 m depth; Vietnam, Nha Trang: MNHN-IC-1965-0273, 159 mm SL, 12°03’N, 112°03’E ; Nha Trang, fish market: HIFIRE F 58153, 108 mm SL; HIFIRE F 58154, 111 mm SL; HIFIRE F 58172, 132 mm SL; NE Australia, Queensland: CSIRO H 6519-18 , 2 , 103-108 mm SL, NE of Cooktown , 15°02.24’S, 145°28.91’E , FRV Gwendoline May , 39 m depth; CSIRO H 7024-02 , 114 mm SL, N of Cairns , 16°33.20’S, 145°52.69’E , FRV Gwendoline May , 37 m depth; CSIRO H 7206- 01 , 107 mm SL, Torres Strait , NE of Darnley Island, 9°28.85’S, 143°58.12’E , FRV Gwendoline May , 54 m depth; CSIRO H 7207- 01 , 108 mm SL, and CSIRO H 7207-02 , 4 , 92-108 mm SL, E of Cooktown , 15°29.88’S, 145°23.03’E , FRV Gwendoline May , 25 m depth; CSIRO H 7212-02 , 121 mm SL, SE of Cairns , 17°08.47’S, 146°12.51’E , FRV Gwendoline May , 35 m depth; QM I.20325, 2: 89-104 mm SL, Flora Passage , 17°03’S, 146°14’E , 37-42 m depth; New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands: BPBM 39472 , 3 : 90-102 mm SL; Japan, Kagoshima: KAUM 13067, 121 mm SL, E of Sakinoyama, Kataura , Kasasa , Minamisatsuma , 31°25.44’N, 130°11.49’E , 27 m depth; KAUM 24423 , 85 mm SL, same sampling data as before .