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Australian goatfish

Upeneus australiae Kim & Nakaya, 2002

Status not recordedbony fish

The Australian goatfish (Upeneus australiae) is a species in the family Mullidae, order Mulliformes.

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Quick facts about the Australian goatfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Australian goatfish live?

Not recorded

Is the Australian goatfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Australian goatfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderMulliformes
  5. familyMullidae
  6. genusUpeneus
  7. SpeciesUpeneus australiae Kim & Nakaya, 2002
Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Gold-band orange-barred goatfishEnglish
  • parmice australskáCzech
  • Triglia dorata australianaItalian
  • Trilha-australianoPortuguese
  • 澳大利亞緋鯉Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Australian goatfish

Other species in the same genus Upeneus.

Goatfish

Upeneus moluccensis

MullidaeNo free photo yet

Bayabao

Upeneus tragula

MullidaeNo free photo yet

Goatfish

Upeneus vittatus

MullidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the Australian goatfish?

The Australian goatfish (Upeneus australiae) belongs to the family Mullidae in the order Mulliformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Australian goatfish (Upeneus australiae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-goatfish

MLA

“Australian goatfish (Upeneus australiae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-goatfish.

BibTeX
@misc{australian_goatfish_2026,
  title = {Australian goatfish (Upeneus australiae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-goatfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}