Bluespotted goatfish

Upeneichthys vlamingii

Mullid Fish from the Indian Ocean

Bluespotted goatfish is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 35 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Goatfishes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Upeneichthys
Maximum length: 35 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia. This species has often been confused with Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) occurring in the eastern coast of Australia (Ref. 33839 ).

Report a correction