CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Mullidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 355037 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Upeneus francisi Randall & Guézé, 1992
Rank:	species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 355 Mullidae (Goatfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a goatfish]
Organism Type:	a goatfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 355903 Upeneus spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-08-11.
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Expected species depth range is from 2 to 20 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on Norfolk Island records (within Australian EEZ). Also recorded from Lord Howe Island (iNaturalist records 2022).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2c6764fd-95af-4516-99da-afed07cc116f Name status: accepted Checked on: 2025-08-11 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4942 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273668 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2025-08-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report