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1913 (Ambon). — Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull. 22, p. 10 (Guam), p. 26 

 (Honolulu), p. 33 (Samoa), 1925. — Fowler and Ball, Bishop Mus. Bull. 26, 

 p. 15, 1925 (Laysan, Lisiansky). — Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull. 38, p. 16, 

 1927 (Christmas and Laysan Islands). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 36, No. 1, p. 132, pi. 3, fig. 4, 1928 (Manila, Bacon, Romblon, 

 Borongan, Cebu, Camiguin Island, Samal Island, Davao, Caldera Bay, 

 Zamboanga, Guam). — Whitley, Journ. Pan Pacific Inst., vol. 3, No. 1, 

 p. 12, 1928 (Santa Cruz Islands). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 

 p. 234, 1928 (Honolulu, Tahiti, Guam, Fat6, Raiatea, Nuuyhiva, Shortland, 

 Palmyra, Lisiansky, Laysan, Society Islands, Gilbert Islands, Oceania?, Maui, 

 Bonin Islands, Apia, Hilo, Rikitea, Fakarava, Makemo, Funafuti, Ran- 

 giroa; type of Upeneus preorbitalis) . — Whitlet, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales, vol. 54, pt. 2, p. 92, 1929 (Ontong Java, Lord Howe Group). 



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

 (1930), p. 649 (Honolulu, Apia); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 337, 

 1931 (Honolulu). 



Upeneus preorbitalis Smith and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 5, p. 132, 

 1882 (type locality; Johnston Island). 



Pseudupeneus preobitalis Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 

 23, pt. 1, p. 263, fig. Ill, 1903 (1905) (type). 



Mulloides armatus de Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 9, No. 3, 

 p. 458, 1885 (type locality: Queensland). 



Mulloidichthys armatus McCulloch, Austral. Mus. Mem., vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 222, 

 1929 (reference). 



Depth 4 to 4K; head 3K to 3%, width 1% to 2. Snout 2% to 2% in 

 head; eye 3% to 4, IK to 2 in snout, 1}^ to 1% in interorbital; maxillary- 

 reaches % to % to eye, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, length 2% to 3)^ in 

 head; teeth small, in bands in jaws, in 3 or 4 irregular series anteriorly; 

 barbels !){ to 1%; interorbital 3 to 3%, broadly convex. Gill rakers 

 7 or 8 + 17 to 20, lanceolate, IK in giU filaments, which 1% in eye; 

 2 to 6 gill rakers as rudiments. 



Scales 36 or 37 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 or 5 more on 

 latter; 3 above, 7 below, 12 to 15 predorsal, 3 rows on cheek of which 

 lowest row on preopercle flange. Scales with 5 to 7 basal radiating 

 striae; 60 to 200 short apical denticles, 1 to 15 transverse series of 

 basal elements; circuU very fine. 



D. VII-I, 8, I, first spme \% to \% in head, first ray 2% to 2}^; A. 

 II, 6, 1 (abnormally II, 4, i), first ray 2K to 2%; caudal 1 to \)i, deeply 

 forked; least depth of caudal peduncle Z)i to 3%; pectoral 1% to 1%; 

 ventral \}iio\%. 



General color pale brown, below whitish with some silvery reflec- 

 tions. Iris reddish. Fins all pale brown. 



East Indies, Phihppines, Queensland, Lord Howe Islands, Micro- 

 nesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. 



8098. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 284 mm. Lower 

 gill rakers 17. 



6793. Bolinao Bay, Luzon. May 10, 1909. Length, 245 mm. Lower gill rakers 19. 



A575, A576. Busbus Point, Siasi Island, between Jolo and Tawitawi. Sep- 

 tember 20, 1909. Length, 242 to 295 mm. Lower gill rakers 18 or 19. 



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