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rays. Dark triangular area horizontally from maxillary groove tUl 

 above pectoral and finally joins upper or postocular band and pale 

 interruption opposite soft dorsal origin. Whole lower surface of head, 

 chest, breast, and belly to vent brownish or swarthy. Spinous dorsal 

 dark brown terminally on membranes. Soft dorsal basally blackish 

 brown. Other fins more or less pale. Large examples have base of 

 caudal and lower broad border of caudal dark brown. Pectoral with 

 dusky brown base. Ventral brown, blackish terminally. 



Ceylon, East Indies, Philippines, China, Riu Kiu, Polynesia. 

 Upeneus atrocingulatus is described : 



Head somewhat longer than body depth, contained 3 times in body 

 length. Eye 4 in head, IK in snout, which %2 of head; barbels reach 

 little beyond preopercle; interorbital equals eye. Scales 27 or 28. 

 D. VIII-I, 8; A. 7. Whitish longitudinal streak under scales from 

 side of head till under first dorsal end or to second dorsal origin and 

 above first row of scales above lateral line. Black cross band girdles 

 back at first dorsal. Black roimd spot at end of second dorsal on 

 lateral line, which at 27 or 28 scales. Cheeks silvery. First dorsal 

 gray-black. Along second dorsal narrow dark band. Caudal pale. 

 Ventral and pectoral base black. 



22425. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 126 mm. 



5331, 7664. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length, 100 to 248 mm. (5331.) 

 Anteriorly blackish, posteriorly yellowish with reddish shades on head and 

 breast. Barbels scarlet. Soft dorsal crossed by a number of narrow yellow 

 terminal lines. Anal with 4 or 5 basal yellow lines. 



18683, 18684. Cebu market. March 24, 1909. Length, 190 to 205 mm. 



11788 [1429]. Cebu market. March 20, 1909. Length, 222 mm. Anteriorly 

 with reddish shades, posteriorly yellow. Front of sides blackish from half 

 scale row above lateral line to lower level of pectoral base. Spots of back and 

 blue centers continued down sides of caudal peduncle. First dorsal not bright, 

 second with yellow bars (damaged). Anal with 5 yellow bars. Caudal yellow 

 on rays, except blackish half of lower lobe. 



22603. Observatory Island. December 19, 1908. Length, 67 mm?. 



21426. Pandanon Island. March 23, 1909. Length, 78 to 88 mm. Five 

 examples. 



21425. Pandanon Island. March 24, 1909. Length, 82 mm. [1460.] Top of 

 head and anterior part of back pearly with bluish stripe through center of each 

 row of scales behind eye and below dorsal; below blackish area to lower pec- 

 toral base, infringing on opercle; posterior regions, including soft vertical fins 

 yellowish; black spot below dorsal axil. Pair of yellowish stripes across pre- 

 orbital; throat and breast washed with pink. Barbels vermilion, tips orange. 

 First dorsal purplish, with orange cloudings anteriorly. Second dorsal with 

 oblique pale bluish white lines. Anal similar. Pectoral clear orange. Ven- 

 tral purplish red, with numerous blue specks on upper surface. 



Two examples. Port Matalvi, Luzon. November 23, 1908. Length, 92 to 105 mm. 



One example. Port San Vicente, Luzon. November 18, 1908. Length, 48 mm. 



Two examples. Tara Island. December 15, 1908. Length, 55 to 63 mm. 



Four examples. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length, 62 to 68 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 65995. Vavau, Tonga. Albatross collection, 1899-1900. Length, 

 78 to 93 mm. Three examples. 



