Sulphur goatfish
Upeneus sulphureus
- Usual depth11–85 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, November, and December
- How commonCommon
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 16 records
- February: 34 records
- March: 17 records
- April: 26 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 27 records
- July: 25 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 17 records
- October: 30 records
- November: 46 records
- December: 53 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 11–85 m · Deepest record: 144 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Sulphur goatfish, Beach goatfish, Goatfish, sulphur goatfish, sunrise goatfish, Sunrise Goat-fish, Yellow goatfish
Names in 8 more languages
- Spanish
- Salmonete aurora
- Filipino
- Bisugo, Dalagang bukid, Manitis, Salmonito, Salmunete, Saramulyeteng hato, Saramulyeteng hulik, Saramulyeteng tagisi, Tuyo, Yangutan
- French
- Rouget-souris aurore
- Indonesian
- Ikan Pinang-pinang
- Japanese
- Kohakuhimeji, コハクヒメジ
- Korean
- 먹줄촉수
- Thai
- ปลาแพะเหลือง, ปลาหนวดฤาษี
- Simplified Chinese
- 秋姑, 鬚哥, 黃帶緋鯉
Other scientific names: Parupeneus bilineata, Upeneus bilineatus, Upeneus sulphurus, Upeneus suophureus
Similar species
- Dark-barred Goatfish
Upeneus luzonius
- Goldband goldfish
Upeneus moluccensis
- Goatfish
Upeneus sundaicus
- Freckled goatfish
Upeneus tragula
- Yellowstriped goatfish
Upeneus vittatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,037 open-data records from 1829 to 2023.
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