moluccensis, Upeneoides Bleeker [P.] 1855:409 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 350] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5722 (poor condition). •Valid as Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker 1855) -- (Lachner 1954:514 [ref. 10031], Lachner 1960:4 [ref. 23973], Kailola 1971:127 [ref. 39475], Hureau 1973:403 [ref. 7197], Kyushin et al. 1982:141 [ref. 19754], Dor & Ben-Tuvia in Dor 1984:164 [ref. 29757], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:163 [ref. 6441], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:882 [ref. 13676], Ben-Tuvia & Kissil 1988:11 [ref. 12819], Allen & Swainston 1988:90 [ref. 25477], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:229 [ref. 24016], Baranes & Golani 1993:310 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:45 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:383 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:142 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:109 [ref. 26476], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:873 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:145 [ref. 25480], Apostolidis et al. 2001:902 [ref. 25470], Golani 2001:111 [ref. 25530], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:3196 [ref. 26109], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:102 [ref. 26753], Kim & Nakaya 2002:130 [ref. 26150], Nakabo 2002:873 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:39 [ref. 27712], Golani 2005:47 [ref. 37112], Randall & Kulbicki 2006:301 [ref. 28802], Hoese & Bray 2006:1272 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2007:91 [ref. 29533], Imamura in Imamura et al. 2009:176 [ref. 31157], Uiblein & Heemstra 2010:47 [ref. 30763], Uiblein & Heemstra 2011:587 [ref. 31346], Uiblein & Heemstra 2011:639 [ref. 31501], Allen & Erdmann 2012:509 [ref. 31980], Uiblein & McGrouther 2012:62 [ref. 32282], Larson et al. 2013:151 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:361 [ref. 32989], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:427 [ref. 33460], Bos 2014:756 [ref. 33588], Uiblein & Gouws 2015:[18] 1038 [ref. 33992], Uiblein & White 2015:52 [ref. 33856], Psomadakis et al. 2015:286 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:163 [ref. 35490], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:228 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:104 [ref. 36273], Artüz & Fricke 2019:54 [ref. 36581], Artüz & Fricke 2019:557 [ref. 36612], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36864], Tashiro & Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:920 [ref. 42393], Bariche & Fricke 2020:133 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:505 [ref. 37272], Uiblein et al. 2020:550 [ref. 37717], Golani 2021:59 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:72 [ref. 39014], Echreshavi et al. 2022:19 [ref. 39234], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:223 [ref. 41223], Uiblein & Randall 2022:370 [ref. 39855], Vishnupriya & Nair 2023:119 [ref. 40508], Allen & Erdmann 2024:541 [ref. 40796], Chérif et al. 2025:298 [ref. 42650], Uiblein et al. 2025:482 [ref. 42347], Chaikin & Belmaker 2026:38 [ref. 42733]). Current status: Valid as Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker 1855). Mullidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: northern KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Caroline Islands and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Eastern and central Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.
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