Upeneus pori

Upeneus pori has an elongated body and a rounded snout.^[2] The body is greyish or red-brown, darker on the back, and covered with grey or reddish brown spots which go as far as the lower flanks but with no or a very faint lateral stripe visible in freh specimens. There is a dark brown or red bar which runs vertically through the eye and the barbels located on the chin are white or yellow. The first dorsal fin is colourless. The caudal fin is marked with a total of 11–15 bars with 4–6 reddish brown bars on the upper lobe and 6–9 red-brown or grey bars on the lower part of the lower lobe which extend to form a broad brown or dark grey stripe along middle of lobe. There are also 3–4 brownish-red or grey bars on inner, upper half of lower lobe, these bars are normally visible on preserved specimens. The dorsal fins have a total of 7 spines and 9 soft rays while the anal fin has a single spine and 7 soft rays.^[3] This fish attains a standard length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in).^[4]

Upeneus pori occurs naturally in the Red Sea and into the north western Indian Ocean as far east as the southern coast of Oman. It has also been found off Madagascar in the southwestern Indian Ocean.^[4] It is now very abundant in the eastern Mediterranean Sea where it was recorded as early as 1950, following its migration through the Suez Canal, and has spread recently as far west as Tunisia and Sicily.^[5][6]