Vanuatu goatfish

Upeneus vanuatu

Fish Found at Three Hundred Twenty One Meters

Vanuatu goatfish is a marine fish from Pacific Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 10 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Goatfishes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Upeneus
Maximum length: 10 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: Vanuatu. Only known from off Espiritu Santo and Malo Islands, Vanuatu, South Pacific; depth range 191–321 m.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

Report a correction