Pseudupeneus maculatus

Pseudupeneus maculatus, the spotted goatfish, is a species from the family Mullidae.^[1][2][3][4] The species was originally described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1793.^[2] It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean.^[1][2]

Pseudupeneus maculatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Mullidae
Genus:	Pseudupeneus
Species:	P. maculatus
Binomial name
Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch, 1793)
Synonyms[2]
Mullus maculatus Bloch 1793

References

1. Dooley, J.; Aiken, K.A.; Collette, B.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; Kishore, R.; Singh-Renton, S. (2015). "Pseudupeneus maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16545086A16546282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16545086A16546282.en. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudupeneus maculatus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
3. Andrey Soares; Alex S Lira; Júlio Guazzelli Gonzalez; Leandro N Eduardo; Flávia Lucena-Frédou; François Le Loc'h; Beatrice Padovani Ferreira; Thierry Frédou (13 May 2020). "Feeding habits and population aspects of the spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus (Perciformes: Mullidae), on the continental shelf of northeast Brazil". Scientia Marina. 84 (2). doi:10.3989/SCIMAR.04958.24A. ISSN 0214-8358. Wikidata Q109779315.
4. "Pseudupeneus maculatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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