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title: "Bluestriped Goatfish"
description: "Upeneichthys lineatus — Vissen. Upeneichthys lineatus, also known as the blue-striped mullet, blue-lined goatfish."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bluestriped-goatfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bluestriped Goatfish

> Upeneichthys lineatus — Vissen. Upeneichthys lineatus, also known as the blue-striped mullet, blue-lined goatfish.

- Scientific name: *Upeneichthys lineatus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2105
- Wikidata: [Q2483226](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2483226)
- iNaturalist taxon: [410544](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/410544)

## Names

- en: Bluestriped Goatfish
- de: Blaustreifen-Meerbarbe

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1965)

## Summary

Upeneichthys lineatus, also known as the blue-striped mullet, blue-lined goatfish. blue-striped goatfish, blue-spotted goatfish and blue striped red mullet, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a goatfish from the family Mullidae. It is native to the Pacific coast of Australia.  It occurs in sheltered areas over rocky and sandy substrates and can be found 5 to 100 metres (16 to 328 ft), though rarer below 40 metres (130 ft).  This species can reach a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) FL.  This species is commercially important.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upeneichthys_lineatus

## Photo

![Bluestriped Goatfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bluestriped-goatfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alejandro Treviño · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43072598

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bluestriped-goatfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).