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slender, 1^ in filaments, and latter 1| in eye. Pseudobranchise about 

 I of gill-filaments. Isthmus moderately constricted. 



Scales uniformly large, finely ctenoid, in leng-thwise rows parallel 

 with lateral line. Small scales over most of caudal base and front 

 of soft dorsal and anal. Head scaly, and 2 rows of scales on cheek 

 to preopercle ridge. Several large scales on exposed maxillary 

 expansion. Pectoral with broad scale above its origin. Ventral 

 with pointed axillary scale very slightly over half of fin length. 

 Broad scaly flap (damaged) between ventral bases. Lateral line 

 concurrent with dorsal profile, well out on caudal base, tubes well 

 exposed as arborescent groupings at each scale base. 



Spinous dorsal inserted about midway between front eye edge 

 and second dorsal origin, first spine longest with second and third 

 subequal, depressed fin | to second dorsal origin. Last inserted 

 about midway between spinous dorsal origin and caudal base, first 

 branched ray longest, with spine f length of first ray and depressed 

 fin 1| to caudal base. Anal origin slightly behind soft dorsal origin, 

 fin similar. Caudal well forked, sharp pointed lobes about equal. 

 Pectoral small, pointed, reaches about 1^ to second dorsal origin. 

 Ventral origin about opposite pectoral origin, reaches 1| to anal. 

 Ventral spine about f of fin. 



Color in alcohol faded largely dull uniform brownish, lower sur- 

 faces whitish. Fins all pale, at least ground-color. Spinous dorsal 

 with broad black apex, two dusky horizontal bands, and penultimate 

 membrane dusky. Soft dorsal with upper edge dusky and two pale 

 dusky horizontal bands. Caudal uniform pale brownish, hind edge 

 pale dusky. Iris pale slaty. 



Length 120 mm. 



Type, No. 47,512, A. N. S. P. 



Philippine Islands. Presented by the Commercial Museums of 

 Philadelphia. 



Also Nos. 47,513 to 47,517, paratypes, same data. They show: 

 Head 3 to 3i; depth 3 to 3f ; D. VIII-I, 8, i; A. I, 6, i, rarely I, 7, i; 

 scales 32 to 35 in l.l. to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on latter; 3 scales 

 above 1.1., and 7 below; 16 or 17 predorsal scales; snout 2| to 3 in 

 head; eye 3| to 4; maxillarj^ 2| to 2|; interorbital 3| to 3|; rakers 8 or 9 

 + 19 to 22; length 69 to 140 mm. 



Allied with Upeneoides sulphureus but Avhen compared with 

 Sumatran material differs in coloration and more numerous gill- 

 rakers. U. sulphureus has but one horizontal dark band on each 

 dorsal besides dark end or border. 



