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ZuGMAYER, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. KL, vol. 26, pt. 6, p. 11, 



1913 (Oman). 

 Upeneus atherinoides Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol, 7, p. 526, 1831 



(Guam). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 481, 1895 (copied). 

 ?Upeneus mauritianus E. T. Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1831, p. 69 



(type locality: Mauritius). 

 Upeneus queketti Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mas., vol. 6, 



p. 168, 1908-1911 (type locality: Durban, Inner Harbor); Ann. Durban 



Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 365, 1917 (copied). 



Depth 3% to Z%; head Z%, width 1% to 2. Snout 2% to 2% in head; 

 eye 3% to 3%, 1% to 1% in snout, 1}^ to 1% in interorbital; maxillary- 

 reaches % or to eye, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, length 2% to 3Ko in 

 head; teeth fine in bands in jaws, in 4 or 5 irregular rows; barbels 

 1%; interorbital 2% to 3^, broadly convex. Gill rakers 8 + 20 to 23, 

 lanceolate, 1% in gill filaments, which 1% in eye. 



Scales 35 or 36.ui lateral line to caudal base, 4 or 5 more on latter; 

 3 above, 7 below, 14 or 15 predorsal, 3 rows on cheek of which lowest 

 row on preopercle flange. Scales with 5 basal radiating striae; 163 

 to 194 small apical denticles, with 12 to 25 transverse series of basal 

 elements; circuU very fine. 



D. VII, I, 8, I, first spine IK to 1}^ in head, first ray 2 to 2%; A. II, 

 6, I, first ray VAo to 2%; caudal 1)^, deeply forked; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3 to 3}^; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral Iji to 1%. 



Back dull olivaceous, sides and below paler, with whitish to silvery 

 reflections. Iris yellowish white. Fins all pale brownish. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Natal, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodriguez, Mada- 

 gascar, Ceylon, Cocos Keeling, Andamans, Pinang, East Indies, Phil- 

 ippines, China, Riu Kju, Japan, AustraUa, Micronesia, Melanesia, 

 Polynesia, Hawaii. Known by its red or rose color with a yellow 

 lateral band; usually a valued market fish. 



10648. Polloc, Mindanao. May 22, 1908. Length, 177 mm. Lower gill rakers 24. 

 18151. Santo Domingo Harbor, Batan Island. November 7, 1908. Length, 



126 mm. 

 2965. Port Matalvi, Luzon. Length, 128 mm. Lower gill rakers 23. 

 13529. Uki, Bouro Island, Dutch East Indies. December 9, 1909. Length, 



181 mm. Lower gill rakers 23. 

 13622. Birabirahan Island, off Borneo. December 31, 1909. Length, 135 mm. 



Lower gill rakers 23. 

 12857, 13647, 13649, 13651. Makyan Island. November 29, 1909. Length, 



165 to 242 mm. Lower gill rakers 21 to 23. One specimen with head broken 



off, another with tail severed from body. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 52388. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 103 to 287 



mm. Three examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 6735. Bonin Islands. William Stimpson. Length, 164 to 276 



mm. Two examples. Lower gill rakers 21. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 55127. Honolulu. Albatross collection. Length, 218 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 56993. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 96 to 150 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 65957. Borabora. Albatross collection, 1899. Length, 95 mm. 



Lower gill rakers 22. 



