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Parupeneus luteus Bleekeb, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 15, Xo. 3, 



p. 32, 1875 (Sumatra, Java, Ceram, Amboina, New Guinea); Atlas Ichth. 



Ind. X^erland., vol. 9, pi. (4i394. fig. 1, 1877. — Kluxzixgeb, Fische Roth. 



Meer.. p. 52, 1884.— Weber, Siboga Exped., Fische, vol. 57, p. 296. 1913 



(Makassar; Sulu). 

 Upeneus arinuag (Moxtrouzier) Thiolliehe, Fauna Woodlark, p. 152, 1857 



(name in synonymy) . 



Depth 3^5; head 3. Snout 2 in head; ere 5, 2% in snout; maxillary 

 reaches % to eve, expansion slightly greater than eye, length 2}2 in 

 head; teeth small: barbels reach ventrals; interorbital moderately 

 low. 



Scales 30 in lateral line; 2 above, 7 below, 17 predorsal forward of 

 nostril, 3 rows on cheek of which lowest row on preopercle flange. 



A. M;II-I, 8 or 9, second spine 1% in head, first ray 2%; A. I, 6 or 7, 

 first ray 3; caudal 1, deeply forked, lobes pointed; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3%: pectoral Ih; ventral 1^, 



Above rosy, below paler. Iris rosy, margin of pupil golden. Bar- 

 bels golden. Four blue horizontal Lines on head. Each scale of body 

 with yellowish spot. Fins rosy. Soft dorsal and anal with 3 or 4 

 yellowish longitudinal bands. Caudal yellowish posteriorly. Length, 

 to 290 mm. (Bleeker,) 



Red Sea, Zanzibar. Mauritius, India, East Indies, PhiHppines, 

 Melanesia. 



PSEUDUPENEUS CENNABARIXUS (CiiTier) 



Upeneus cinnabarinus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, p. 475, 1829 (type local- 

 ity: Trtnquemale, Ceylon), — Bleeker, Verh, Batav. Genootsch. (Bengal), 

 vol. 25. p. 34, 1853 (reference) .—Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 126, 1875 

 (describes type); Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 33, 1889. — Pearson", 

 Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1915-1918, pp, F17, F18. 



Upeneus cinnabarensis Malpas. Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1921, p, E5. 



Upeneus cinabarinus Malpas, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1921, p. E7. 



Depth 3% of total; head 4. Eye 4 in head, 2 in snout, I in inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches to orbit; barbels rather thick, reach below 

 front edge of orbit; teeth conic, uniserial in each jaw; opercular spine 

 rather strong. 



Scales 29 in lateral line; 3 above. 7 below. Tubes in lateral line 

 arborescent posteriorly. 



D. VIII-9, first spine short, second not quite long as third, which 

 equals rather more than % body depth; A, 7; caudal deeply forked; 

 pectoral equals head behind front nostril, 



Vermilion, darkest on back. Silvery central spot on middle of each 

 scale, forming 2 rows above and 2 below lateral hne. Large purple 

 spot covers opercle and descends on subopercle. Barbels rosy. Dor- 

 sal and anal rays yellow, membranes reddish. Upper caudal lobe 

 orange, lower one red. Size not given. (Day.) 



Cevlon. 



