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D. VIII-I, 8, I, third and fourth spines subequal, 1% in head, first 

 branched ray 2% in head; A. II, 7, first ray 2%; caudal 1%, deeply 

 forked, lobes sharp pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; 

 pectoral 1%; ventral 1%. 



Body rosy, below paler. Iris rosy, edge of pupil golden. Large 

 pale or whitish blotch on caudal peduncle behind dorsal 4 scales in 

 extent and inclusive of lateral line. Fins rosy. Barbels golden? 

 Length, 202 mm. (Bleeker.) 



Amboina, Dutch East Indies. Known from a single example. 

 Apparently distinguished by its uniform colored fins, with large 

 whitish saddle behind soft dorsal and the long barbels. 



PSEUDUPENEUS PORPHYREUS Jenkins 



Figure 26 



Pseudupeneus porphyreus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, p. 454, fig. 22, 

 1902 (1903) (type locality: Honolulu).— Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 

 vol. 22, p. 527, 1902 (1904) (Haualei Bay, Kauai, Honolulu).— Jordan and 

 EvERMANN, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 23, pt. 1, p. 262, fig. 110, 1903 

 (1905) (Honolulu, Hilo). — Seale, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, p. 51, 

 1906 (Raiatea). 



Upeneus porphyreus Fowler, Copeia, No. 112, p. 83, 1922 (Hawaii). — Jordan 

 and Jordan, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 1, p. 52, 1922 (Hawaii). — 

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

 Ball, Bishop Mus. Bull. 26, p. 16, 1925 (Pearl and Hermes Reef, Laysan 

 and Lisiansky). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 228, pi. 20 A, 

 1928 (Honolulu, Raiatea, Fate, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Laysan, Lisianskj', 

 Polynesia?, Kauai); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 648 

 (Honolulu). 



FiQUKE 26.— Pseudupenem porphyreus Jenkins, young 



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

 head; eye 3}^ to 4%, 1% to 2% in snout, slightly greater than inter- 

 orbital in young to 1% with age; maxillary reaches % to % in snout, 

 expansion 1^ to l^s in eye, length 2}^ to 2% in head; barbels reach 



