FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 315 



PSEUDUPENEUS CHRYSOPLEURON (Schlegel) 



Mullus chrysopleuron Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 2-4, p. 29, pi. 12, 

 fig. 1, 1843 (type locality: Japan). 



Upeneus chrysopleuron Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 219, 1846 (China). — 

 Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Japan), vol. 26, pp. 4, 70, 1854-1857 (Naga- 

 saki); Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N^erland. (No. 3), vol. 3, p. 5, 1857-1858 (Japan). — 

 GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 410, 1859 (China). — Elera, Cat. 

 Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 481, 1895 (Samar, Villa Real). — Jordan and Snyder, 

 Annot. Zool. Japou., vol. 3, p. 84, 1901 (Nagasaki). 



Pseudupeneus chrysopleuron Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 32, p. 95, 1907 

 (Wakanoura and Tokyo). — Franz, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol. 4, suppl. 

 vol. 1, p. 48, 1910 (Yokohama). 



Mullus dubius Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 2-4, p. 30, pi. 11, fig. 3, 

 1843 (type locality: Japan). 



Upeneus dubius Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Japan), vol. 25, p. 11, 

 1853.— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 411, 1859 (compiled). — 

 Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 4, p. 142, 1873 (Hong Kong); 

 Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam (Japan), vol. 18, p. 9, 1879 (refer- 

 ence). — Nystrom, Bihang kon. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handlingar, Stockholm, 

 vol. 13, No. 4, p. 16, 1887 (Nagasaki). — Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. 

 Japon., vol. 3, p. 84, 1901 (Nagasaki). 



Upeneus biaculealus (Gray) Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 219, 1846 (type 

 locality: Canton). 



Depth 3K; head 2,}i, width l%o. Snout 1% in head; eye 4^, 2% in 

 snout, 1)3 in interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to eye, expansion 1)4 in 

 eye, length 2% in head; barbels reach opposite hind preopercle edge, 

 length \)i in head; teeth simple, conic, rather wide set, in single series 

 in each jaw; interorbital 8)2, convex. Gill rakers 7 + 21, lanceolate, 

 1)3 in gill filaments, which IK in eye. 



Scales 25 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 3 

 above, 6 below, 13 predorsal, 3 below eye to preopercle edge; maxil- 

 lary scaleless. Scales with 9 basal radiating striae; 125 apical denti- 

 cles, with 2 or 3 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. VII-I, 7, I, second spine 1% in head, second ray 2%; A. I, 6, i, 

 first branched ray 2%; caudal l)i, forked; least depth of caudal pe- 

 duncle 2%; pectoral \)i; ventral 1%. 



Largely uniform light brown, paler to yellowish on under surfaces. 

 Iris gray-brown. Fins all uniformly pale. Barbels pale yellowish brow^n. 



China, Japan. Reported from Samar and Villa Real, Philippines, 

 by Elera. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 56396. Tokyo. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 173 mm. 



PSEUDUPENEUS CRASSILABRIS (Valenciennes) 



Upeneus crassilabris Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, p. 523, 1831 (type 

 locality: New Guinea). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 411, 

 1859 (compiled). — Smith and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 5, p. 129, 

 1882 (Johnston Island) .—Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull. 38, p. 16, 1927 (Jar- 

 vis Island); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 232, 1928 (Johnston and Jarvis 

 Islands) . 



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