Sains Malaysiana 54(3)(2025): 621-627

http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2025-5403-01

 

First Record of Upeneus heterospinus Uiblein & Pavlov, 2019, Varied-Spine Goatfish (Syngnathiformes, Mullidae) from Terengganu, Malaysia, in the Southern Part of South China Sea

(Rekod Pertama Upeneus heterospinus Uiblein & Pavlov, 2019, Ikan Biji Nangka (Syngnathiformes, Mullidae) dari Terengganu, Malaysia, di Bahagian Selatan Laut China Selatan)

 

NOORHANI SYAHIDA KASIM1, SITI TAFZILMERIAM SHEIKH ABDUL KADIR2, SEAH YING GIAT3,4, MIZUKI MATSUNUMA5, HIROYUKI MOTOMURA6, TUN NURUL AIMI MAT JAAFAR3,* & SITI AZIZAH MOHD NOR1

 

1Institute of Climate Adaptation and Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
2Mangrove Research Unit (MARU), Institute of Oceanography & Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
3Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
4South China Sea Repository and Reference Centre, Institute Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
5The Kyoto University Museum, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8317, Japan
6The Kagoshima University Museum, 1-21-30 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890‑0065, Japan

 

Received: 18 September 2024/Accepted: 26 November 2024

 

Abstract

This is the first record of the varied-spine goatfish, Upeneus heterospinus Uiblein & Pavlov, 2019, in Malaysia. In March 2023, a single U. heterospinus specimen (70 mm standard length) was captured in Setiu Wetlands, Terengganu, Malaysia, in the southern part of South China Sea. Upeneus heterospinus has been recorded in southern Indonesia, Singapore, the Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam, the central Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, and Japan, but has not previously documented in Malaysian waters. Detailed morphometric and meristic specimen data are herein presented.

 

Keywords: Geographic distribution; goatfish; mangrove; Mullidae; Setiu Wetlands

 

Abstrak

Ini merupakan rekod pertama bagi spesies ikan biji nangka, Upeneus heterospinus Uiblein & Pavlov, 2019, di Malaysia. Pada Mac 2023, satu spesimen U. heterospinus (70 mm panjang piawai) telah berjaya ditangkap di kawasan estuari Tanah Bencah Setiu, Terengganu, Malaysia, yang terletak di selatan Laut China Selatan. Upeneus heterospinus telah direkodkan di selatan Indonesia, Singapura, Teluk Thailand, Vietnam, Filipina Tengah, Selatan China, Taiwan dan Jepun tetapi belum pernah didokumentasi di perairan Malaysia. Data morfometrik dan meristik spesimen U. heterospinus diterangkan secara terperinci dalam kertas ini.

 

Kata kunci: Ikan biji Nangka; Mullidae; paya bakau; taburan geografi; Tanah Bencah Setiu

 

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*Corresponding author; email: tun_aimi@umt.edu.my

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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