Upeneus japonicus
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218694 on 2026-08-24
created: 2002-01-02T18:49:40Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
class: Teleostei
family: Mullidae
genus: Upeneus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem. v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
name published in: Steindachner, F. ; Döderlein, L. (1883). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Japan's. (II.). Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 48 (1. Abth.): 1-40, Pls. 1-7.
name published in: Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel H. (1843). Pisces. In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Parts 2-4: 21-72.
name published in year: 1782
name published in year: 1883
name published in year: 1843
order: Mulliformes
parent name usage ID: 126036
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Houttuyn, 1782)
specific epithet: japonicus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted