28 THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 



Bandi goolivinda, Russell, pi. 158. 

 Upeneus vittatus, Guv. & Val. iii. p. 448. 

 Upeneoides vittatus, GUnther, Catal. i. p. 397. 

 Cheeeul, Mai. 



B. iv. D. 8 | l P. 17. V. l. A. 7. C. 15. L. 1. 38. L. tr. f. 



Length of head 4|, of pectoral ft, of caudal ft, of base of first dorsal |, of base of second 

 dorsal ft, of base of anal ft of total length. Height of head ft, of body ^, of first dorsal ft, of 

 second dorsal J, of ventral |-, of anal ^ of total length. 



Eyes- 1 — Transversely oval, horizontal diameter \, vertical diameter I, in length of head : 1 dia- 

 meter apart, 1 \ from end of snout. 



Maxilla extends to beneath the anterior margin of orbit. The barbules reach to rather 

 beyond the posterior margin of the preopercle. Preopercle entire, as are also the sub- and inter- 

 opercles. Opercle with two very obtuse points separated by a crescentic emargination. Preorbital 

 entire, its width equalling two-thirds of the diameter of the eye. Three small glandular orifices 

 on the inferior surface of the lower jaw. 



Teeth — Villiform on jaws, vomer, and palatines. 



Fins — Dorsal spines weak, interspinous membrane scarcely notched, second spine of first 

 dorsal the longest. Ventral spine weak, first ray prolonged, an elongated scale at base of fin. 

 First dorsal triangular. Pectoral pointed. Caudal deeply lobed. 



Scales — Large and deciduous, in horizontal rows, extending in front as far as the snout, and 

 covering the jaws and opercles, some also on base of caudal. 



Lateral line — In upper fourth of body, nearly straight, and in diverging tubes. 



Colours — Back and summit of head iron blue, becoming silvery on the cheeks and along the 

 sides, whilst inferiorly it has a golden tinge. A dark band passes along the superior surface of 

 the back. A bright metallic golden line commences opposite the upper third of the opercle, and 

 passes direct to the upper third of the tail. There are two reddish brown lines, the first between 

 the line on the back and the first golden one, the second dividing the two golden ones, the lowest 

 of which last proceeds from the pectoral to the lower third of the tail. Ventrals and anal gamboge 

 yellow. Pectorals silvery. First dorsal tipped with black, and having a horizontal brown line 

 along its centre, and a lighter one at its base. Second dorsal with a blackish brown margin, a 

 second brown line running along its centre, and a third smaller one at the posterior part of its 

 base. Caudal with two horizontal brown lines on either side of its centre, and three oblique bands 

 running across the upper lobe, and two across the lower one. Eye golden, with a tinge of red. 



Common, grows to seven inches in length. Is eaten by the Natives. 



Habitat — Red Sea, seas of India, Malaysia, and Philippine Islands. 



Genus UPENEUS, Bleeker. 

 Upeneus, sp. Guv. & Val. 



Characters as in the Upeneoides, except that in the Upeneus the teeth in both jaws form a single series, 

 and the palate is edentulous. 



Upeneus Indicus. 



Mullus Indicus, Shaw, Zool. iv. pt. ii. p. 614. 



Eahtee goolivinda, Bus-sell, pi. 157. 



