Bar-tail Goatfish (species: Upeneus tragula) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Upeneus tragula
Bar-tail Goatfish


©Richard Ling: Bar-tail Goatfish (Upeneus tragula)

©Anne: Upeneus tragula about 7 cm long on NE side of Lizard Island, 24 metres depth

©John E. Randall: Bar-tail Goatfish (Upeneus tragula)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Mullidae
Genus Upeneus
Species Upeneus tragula

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 33 cm (SL) - applies to Usually around 25cm TL.

Depth range

  • From 0 m to 50 m

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Found over sand and mud bottoms near coral reefs. Known to enter lower reaches of rivers. Generally solitary, but forms small to moderately large aggregations at all sizes. Present in seagrass beds at juvenile stage.

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References

  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Reef fish community structure and dynamics: in interaction between local and larger-scale processes? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 19-29. LIRS catalog number 448.
  • Fisher, R., J.M. Leis, D.L. Clark and S.K. Wilson (2005). Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species, among species and between locations, Marine Biology, 147: 1202-1212. LIRS catalog number 934.
  • Hunter, J.A., K.A. Hall and T.H. Cribb (2012). A complex of Transversotrematidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) associated with mullid fishes of the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the descriptions of four new species of Transversotrema. Zootaxa, 3266: 1-22. LIRS catalog number 1605.
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