This work highlights the role of otolithic morphometrics, shape indices and ultrastructure in the identification of three Mullidae species from the Red Sea. Differences in otolithic measurements were detectable in all three-goatfish species. The statistical analysis of otolithic morphometric parameters showed that otolithic measurements are good indicators of fish size. For all three species, t...

Invasive species pose threats to either human health or inflict ecological and/or economic damage. The silver-cheeked toadfish ( Lagocephalus sceleratus ), a Lessepsian species, is one of the most harmful in Mediterranean Sea, because its potent neurotoxin, impacts on marine biodiversity, and increased costs labor they fishers. Since catch consumption this pufferfish prohibited by almost all co...

Coastal marine fish diversity from E India and Indonesia to S Japan is still insufficiently investigated. Of the 42 species of goatfishes (Mullidae) recorded this area, 12 were described only since 2010 ten those belong genus Upeneus. During a recent review Upeneus so-called japonicus-species group (characterized by seven dorsal-fin spines), 13 specimens that had been previously identified as U...

Once an observer gets past the stunning coloration, surely no feature inspires wonder in coral reef fishes so much as their morphological diversity. From large-mouthed groupers, to beaked parrot fish, barbeled goatfish, long-snouted trumpet fish, snaggletoothed tusk fish, tube-mouthed planktivores, and fatlipped sweet lips, coral reef fishes display a dazzling array of feeding structures. And, ...