| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | Ref. | ||
| Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | No | ||
| Brackish | No | ||
| Saltwater | Yes | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref. | Randall, J.E. and M. Kulbicki, 2006 |
| Comments |
This species is the most abundant among other Upeneus on soft bottoms around the main island; trawled from 6-80 m, mostly from 30 m (Ref. 58005). Also Ref. 116177. |
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| States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
| National Checklist | FishEye, New Caledonia | ||
| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nc.html | ||