FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 263 

 MULLOIDICHTHYS AURIFLAMMA (Forskil) 



Mullus auriflamma ForskIl, Descript. Animal., pp. x, 30, 1775 (type locality: 

 Djedda, Red Sea). — Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., p. 144, 1788 (Red Sea). — 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1341, 1789 (Red Sea). — Walbaum, Artedi 

 Pise, vol. 3, p. 620, 1792 (on Forsk&l) .—Schneider, Syst, Ichth., p. 79, 

 1801 (Red Sea) .— Lac^pIjde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, pp. 382, 400, 1802 (not 

 pi. 13, fig. 1) (Arabia). 



Mulloides auriflamma Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, p. 742, 

 1870 (Koseir, Red Sea); Fische Roth. Meer., p, 50, 1884. — Steindachner, 

 Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 70, pt. 1, p. 485, 1901 

 (Laysan, Honolulu). — Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, p. 454, 1902 



(1903) (Honolulu).— Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, p. 527, 1902 



(1904) (Honolulu). — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 

 23, pt. 1, p. 250, fig. 103, 1903 (1906) (Honolulu; Hilo) .—Jordan and Seale, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, pp. 32, 782, 1905 (Negros). — Steindachner, 

 Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. KL, vol. 115, pt. 1, p. 1386, 1906 

 (Samoa). — Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, p. 276, 1905 

 (1906) (Pago Pago; Apia). — Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-nat. Kl., vol. 71, pt. 1, p. 138, 1907 (Scheich Othman). — Kendall 

 and Radcliffe, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 35, p. 123, 1912 (Rikitea, 

 Mangareva). — Fowler, Copeia, No. 112, p. 83, 1922 (Hawaii). — Fowler 

 and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, art 2, p. 44, 1922 (Zamboanga) .— 

 Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull. 22, p. 26, 1925 (Honolulu). — Barnard, Ann. 

 South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 585, 1927 (Natal coast, Delagoa 

 Bay). — Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 71, art 10, p. 7, 1927 

 (Poeloe Toekus Island, Sumatra). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 36, No. 1, p. 130, pi. 2, fig. 3, 1928 (Luna, Monja Island, 

 Puerto Galera and Calapan, Tablas, Dicuayan, Bungau and Banaran 

 Islands).— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 233, pi. 21 A, 1928 

 (Honolulu, Tubuai, Tahiti, Nukuhiva, Fat6, Marcus Island, French Frigate 

 Shoal, Johnston Island, Apia, Fanning Island, Funafuti, Borabora, Rikitea, 

 Makemo, Vavau, Guam, New Guinea, Bonin and Society Islands). — 

 McCuLLOCH, Mem. Austral. Mus., vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 222, 1929 (compiled). — 

 Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 1, p. 54, 1930 

 (Yaeyama, Riu Kiu). 



Mulloidichthys auriflamma Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 

 (1930), p. 610 (Hong Kong), p. 649 (Honolulu); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, 

 No. 5, p. 337, 1931 (Honolulu). 



Mullus japonicus Houtttjyn, Verh. Holland. Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem, vol. 20, 

 p. 334, 1782 (type locality: Japan). — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, 

 p. 134, 1789 (Japanese Sea). — Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 619, 1792 

 (on Houttuyn). — Forster, Fauna Indica, p. 16, 1795. — Lac]Sp6de, Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, pp. 382, 399, 1802 (on Houtttjyn).— Schneider, Syst. 

 Ichth. Bloch, p. 79, 1801 (Japan). — Fowler and Ball, Bishop Mus. Bull. 

 26, p. 11, 1925 (French Frigate Shoal; Johnston Island). 



Upeneus japonicus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, p. 460, 1829 (Japan). 



Mulloides japonicus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 404, 1859 (com- 

 piled). — KXroli, Term6sz. Fuzetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 156, 1881 (Yoko- 

 hama).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 32, p. 96, 1907 (Misaki).— 

 Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 88, 1906 (1907) (Bulan; 

 Japan). — Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, no. 2, p. 246, 

 1925 (Kagoshima). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 

 36, No. 1, p. 134, 1928 (compiled). — Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. 

 Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 1, p. 56, 1930 (Kominato, Riu Kiu); BuU. Acad. Sci. 

 U. S. S. R., 1930, p. 546 (Okinawa); 1931, p. 112 (Nagasaki). 



