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31 ; depth, 4 in length ; dorsal VIII-I, 8 ; anal, II, 6. 

 Color in spirits, steel-blue above, descending on sides in 

 three blotches ; one above point of opercular spine, some- 

 times extending on opercle ; one under each dorsal fin. 

 Under-parts of body pale. maculatus. 2. 



aa. Teeth of upper jaw uniserial, of lower biserial ; teeth rather 

 strong, weaker than in U. grandisquamis ; barbels extending 

 nearly to vertical of preopercle ; eye large, 3 in head ; 

 scales in lateral line, 37 ; depth about 5f in total length, 4£ 

 in length. Dorsal VII-I, 7 ; anal I, 5 or 6. Color, bright 

 pink or rose, with broad red band extending from eye to 

 caudal and suffusing caudal {Gill). dentatus, 3 



aaa. Teeth on both jaws in more than one series. 



b. Teeth on anterior part of jaws in two irregular series ; lateral 

 teeth on jaws in a single series ; all the teeth obtusely 

 conical and distinct from each other ; teeth on upper jaw 

 turned inwards ; barbels extending to vertical of preop- 

 ercle, H in length of head ; eye 3^ in length of head ; 

 scales in lateral line 39 ; depth 4 in length. Dorsal 

 VIII-I, 8; anal II, 6. "Color in life, flesh-color above, 

 sides silvery, tinged with yellow below ; a bright yellow 

 band from eye to base of caudal ; a whitish streak above 

 and below this ; another above lateral line ; both dorsals 

 and caudals bright yellow." Martinicus. 4. 



bb. Teeth on anterior part of jaws in two series ; the outer 

 series of the upper jaw being formed by very obtuse and 

 partly confluent teeth. Barbels extending to vertical 

 from root of pectoral fins ; eye 4 in head ; scales in 

 lateral line 32 ; dorsal VIII-I, 8 ; anal I, 6. Color light 

 greenish brown above, rose-color below lateral line ; 

 scales with indistinct pearly spot at centre ; black blotch 

 on lateral line behind spinous dorsal ; a smaller, some- 

 times indistinct black spot behind orbit ; dorsal fins with 

 spots the color of the back ; other fins immaculate. 



grandisquamis. 5. 

 2. Upeneus maculatus. 



Mullus maculatus Bloch, "Ichthyol. about 1790, Taf. 348 (Brazil);" 

 Lacepede, Poiss., iii, 1798-1803, 403 (West Indies • Brazil]. 



Mullus surmuletus var. maculatus Bloch & Schneider, Systemalchthyol., 

 1801, 78 (Brazil). 



