Jordan and Ever mann. — Fishes of North America. 859 



each dorsal fin ; under parts of body pale. West Indies and Brazil, Key 

 West to Rio Janeiro ; generally common. A food-fish of some value, pret- 

 tily colored, {macidatus, spotted.) 

 Miilliis mactilaliis, Block, Iclithyologia, 348, 1793, Brazil. 

 Urpeneus ynactilahin, Cuvier dt Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 478, 1829; Poey, Memorias, 



I, 223, 1851; Gf nther. Cat., i, 408, 1859; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 5G5, 1883. 

 MuUliypeneus maculatiis, Poey, Synopsis, 307, 186'*. 

 Cpeneus jiunclatus, Cuviee & Valenciknnes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 482, 1829, Martinique. 



1247. UPENEUS DENTATUS, Gill. 



Head 3g ; depth 4 ; eye moderate, 3* in head in adult ; snout 2i. D. 

 VII-I, 8; A. II, 6; scales 2-37-5. Teeth of upper jaw uniserial, of lower 

 biserial ; teeth rather small, weaker than in Ujieticus grandisqiiamis; bar- 

 bels extending nearly to vertical of preopercle. Scales very deciduous ; 

 second dorsal spine Ij in head. Color dusky above, sides bright rosy, 

 with broad red band extending from eye to caudal and suffusing caudal. 

 Length 1 foot. Pacific Coast of Mexico ; rare. Known from Cape San 

 Lucas, La Paz, and Tres Marias Islands, (dentaiun, toothed.) 

 TTpeneus dentatus, GiLL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 256, 1862, Cape San Lucas; young. (Type, 

 No. 3699. Coll. Xantus.) Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 263: HallA 

 McCArcHAN, I. c, 154, 1885 ; Evermann &, Jenkins, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1891, 157. 



1248. UPENEUS PARVUS, Poey. 



D. VII-I, 8; A. II, 6; scales 2^-40-6. Snout short and decurved; max- 

 illary reaching front of eye ; barbels reaching angle of preopercle, on 

 jaws only. Teeth conical, very small, on anterior part of jaws in two 

 series; lateral teeth in a single series ; all the teeth obtusely conic and 

 distinct from each other. Vermilion above, fading into white below : a 

 yellow longitudinal band along the side, with similar narrower streaks 

 below; ventrals and anal yellow; other fins whitish, with dusky cross 

 bands, 3 on first dorsal, 2 on second, and 5 on each caudal lobe. (Poey.) 

 Cuba. Known only from Poey's description, (parvus, small.) 

 Upeneus 2]anns, Poet, Memorias, i, 226, 1851, Cuba. 



1249. UPEXEUS MARTINICUS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 (Yellow Goatfish ; Salmonete Amarilla.) 



Head 3i; depth 4: eye 3i to 3i, large. D. VIII-I, 8; A. II, 6; scales 

 2^-37 to 39-7. Body moderately elongate ; anterior profile gibbous before 

 the eyes. Interorbital space flat, 3? in head. Teeth on anterior part of 

 jaws in two irregular series ; lateral teeth in a single series ; all the teeth 

 obtusely conic, and distinct from each other; teeth on upper jaw turned 

 inward ; no teeth on vomer. Barbels reaching to vertical of preopercle, 

 li in head. Longest dorsal spine IJiu head ; anal small. Color pale red, 

 deepening after death ; sides with a broad longitudinal band of bright 

 yellow; snout with yellow streaks ; vertical fins and patches on sides of 

 head bright yellow. Length 1 foot. West Indies, north to Key West; 

 generally common; a handsome fish, valued as food. 



