COL·D5875speciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026

Figure 4. – Relationship among four morphometric characters in Upeneus madras n. Uiblein, Maclaine, 2021 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Figure 4. – Relationship among four morphometric characters in Upeneus madras n. Uiblein, Maclaine, 2021 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Madras Goatfish

Upeneus madras Uiblein & Maclaine, 2022

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Upeneus madras in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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References

Uiblein, F., & Maclaine, J. (2021). Description of Upeneus madras (Mullidae), a new goatfish species from SE India (NE Indian Ocean), with establishment of the pori-species group and a review of barbel colour in Upeneus species. Cybium, 45. https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2021-454-004

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.