NO. 1913. FTSHES OF OKINAWA— SNYDER. 503 



with greenish yellow oblique bars; anal pearly white with oblique 

 yellow bars; caudal reddish, the membranes suffused with greenish 

 yellow; pectorals suiTuscd with cherry red. 



UPENEUS PLEUROSTIGMA (Bennett). 



Color in life: Bright red above growing lighter and tinged with red 

 on the sides; white beneath; head reddish above, the sides \Nith 

 bluish reflections, purple striles extending forward from eye ; barbels 

 tinged with pink; spines of dorsal red, the membranes suffused with 

 yellowish red; soft dorsal reddish on basal half, the upper part with 

 yellow and pearly stripes, the latter bordered with reddish; upper 

 and lower lobes of caudal red, the middle rays bright yellow; anal 

 pale pearly blue^ with yellow stripes. 



MULLOroES FLAVOLINEATUS (Lac^pfide). 



A single specimen 290 milluuetcrs Jong is referred to this species. 



Head 3.5 in the length; depth 3.8; snout 2.2 in the head; eye 4.2; 

 scales in lateral lino 39, the pores with many branches; gill-rakers 

 7-20 on first arch, the longest not equal in length to diameter of 

 pupU; barbels reaching to below posterior border of opercle; dorsal 

 spines 7 ; 4 scales between tips of depressed spines and base of soft 

 dorsal; 8 dorsal and 6 anal rays. 



In life the head and body were strongly suffused with pearly blue 

 above the lateral line, pink below; a dark lemon yellow stripe 

 extended from eye to caudal fin, crossing the lateral line at a point 

 below last dorsal ray; each scale above stripe bordered by yellowish 

 olive, below with deep pink; head reddish, darker above; iris silvers*, 

 a conspicuous red ring around pupil; barbels whitish; pectorals 

 suffused vnih. reddish, the other fins bright yellow. 



UPENEOmES BENSASI (Temminck and SchlegeJ). 



This species, somewhat resembling U. vittatus in its color pattern, 

 may be distinguished by the long first dorsal spine. 



UPENEOmES TRAGDLUS (Richardson). 



In life, greenish gray, lighter below; a broad bro%\Ti lateral stripe 

 extending from eye to caudal fin, below which the head and body are 

 spotted with bro^vn; barbels orange; spinous dorsal clouded with 

 brown, purple and lemon yellow; soft dorsal spotted with reddish 

 brown, the membrane suffused with yellow; caudal li'ghtly washed 

 with yellow, barred with brownish black; ventrals and anal tinged 

 with yellow and spotted with pale purphsh brown; pectoral yellow- 

 ish, spotted with reddish brown. 



UPENEOmES VITTATUS (Forak&l). 



Color in hfe, silvery, the upper parts with a pale greenish sheen, 

 the ventral surface pale yellow; sides with 4 metallic stripes, the 

 upper 2 dark copper colored, the next lower brassy, and the lowest 



