''Upeneichthys stotti'', Stott's goatfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a goatfish from the family Mullidae. It is endemic to the eastern Indian Ocean off the coasts of Western Australia where it occurs in the inshore waters of the continental shelf. This species was described by J. Barry Hutchins in 1990 with a type locality given as north east of Rottnest Island and differentiated from ''

Upeneichthys lineatus ''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 ...

'' by differences in the snout pattern, fin proportions and smaller size. The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

honours Chris Stoot, who as an honorary field assistant at the Western Australian Museum was involved in the collection of the paratypes.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2483654 stotti Fish of the Indian Ocean Marine fish of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Fish described in 1990