A common and widespread goatfish across southern Australia.

Bluespotted Goatfish are highly variable in colour - often whitish to pale pink with a brownish to reddish stripe along the side, or reddish with bright blue spots and wavy lines, and usually with blue spots and dashes on fins.

Very similar to and often confused with the Buestriped Goatfish, (Upeneichthys lineatus), which has a slightly shorter head and a paler body stripe.

At a glance

Habitat Inhabits bays, estuaries and sheltered coastal waters, usually on sandy and rubble bottoms near reefs in depths of 2-200 m. Juveniles often school in sheltered bays
Size Can grow up to about 40cm
Origin Endemic
Distribution Widespread and often very common in southern Australia, including coastal waters of Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Widespread and often very common in southern Australia, including coastal waters of Tasmania
Habitat
Inhabits bays, estuaries and sheltered coastal waters, usually on sandy and rubble bottoms near reefs in depths of 2-200 m. Juveniles often school in sheltered bays
Size
Can grow up to about 40cm
Common Name Bluespotted Goatfish
Aliases Southern Goatfish, Red Mullet,
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderPercoidei
FamilyMullidae
GenusUpeneichthys
SpeciesUpeneichthys vlamingii
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