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Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831)

218648  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218648)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Upeneus vanicolensis Valenciennes, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details] 
Description This occasionally schooling species inhabits sandy bottoms of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs. Feeds on small worms...  
Description This occasionally schooling species inhabits sandy bottoms of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs. Feeds on small worms and crustaceans at night. Also caught using ringnets (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218648 on 2025-05-27
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mulloides erythrinus Klunzinger, 1884) Klunzinger, C. B. (1884). Die Fische des Rothen Meeres. Eine kritische Revision mit Bestimmungstabellen. I. Teil. Acanthopteri veri Owen. <em>Stuttgart.</em> i-ix + 1-133 + [13], Pls. 1-13. [details] 

original description (of Upeneus vanicolensis Valenciennes, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (HKRMS) Tsang, E.P.K. & Milicich, M. (1999) Study on the suitability of South West Lantau to be established as marine park or marine reserve. Final report submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description This occasionally schooling species inhabits sandy bottoms of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs. Feeds on small worms and crustaceans at night. Also caught using ringnets (Ref. 5213). [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
    Definitions

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English yellowfin goatfish  [details]
Japanese アカヒメジ  [details]