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Upeneichthys lineatus (bluespotted goatfish; Red mullet; Blue-striped red mullet; Blue-striped mullet; Bluestriped goatfish; Blue-spotted goatfish; Blue-lined goatfish)

Synonyms: Atahua clarki; Mullus surmuletus lineatus; Mullus surmuletus var. lineatus; Upeneichthys porosus; Upeneus porosus
Language: Danish; Mandarin Chinese; Maori

Wikipedia Abstract

Upeneichthys lineatus, the blue-striped mullet, is a species of goatfish native to the Pacific coast of Australia. It occurs in sheltered areas over rocky and sandy substrates and can be found 5 to 100 metres (16 to 328 ft), though rarer below 40 metres (130 ft). This species can reach a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) FL. This species is commercially important.
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Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[1]
Linucula hartvigiana[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Gilloblennius tripennis (Thripenny)1
Parablennius laticlavius (Crested blenny)1
Paristiopterus labiosus (Sowfish)1
Rhombosolea leporina (New Zealand flounder)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ascarophis upeneichthys[3]
Dactylostomum nicolli[3]
Elytrophalloides oatesi[3]
Hysterothylacium cornutum[1]
Tegorhynchus edmondsi[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2B. C. Russell (1983): The food and feeding habits of rocky reef fish of north‐eastern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 17:2, 121-145
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0