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Parupeneus crassilabris Bleeker, Verb. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 15, 

 No. 3, p. 33, 1875 (compiled). 



Depth 2%; head 2%, width 2%. Snout 1% in head; eye 5/3, 3 in 

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

 diameter greater than eye, length 2}^ in head; barbels reach opposite 

 hind preopercle edge, length 1% in head; teeth 28 above, 26 below, 

 short, conic, uniserial, none on palate; lips broadly fleshy, upper 

 nearly wide as eye; interorbital 3%, convex. Gill rakers 9 + 30, 

 lanceolate, equal gill filaments or Iji in eye. 



Scales 27 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 3 

 above, 6 below, 13 predorsal forward opposite front nostril; 3 rows 

 on cheek below eye to lower preopercle edge. Tubes in lateral line 

 arborescent. Scales with 6 basal radiating striae; 200 apical denti- 

 cles, with 6 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. VIII-I, 8, I, third spine 1% in head, first branched ray 2%; 

 A. II, 6, I, first branched ray 2%; caudal Iji, deeply forked, lobes 

 rounded; least depth of caudal peduncle 3; pectoral Iji; ventral iVs. 



Brown, mottled obscurely with darker, under surfaces scarcely 

 paler. Iris brown, with yellowish ring around pupil. Barbels 

 largely blackish brown, especially terminally. Spinous dorsal pale 

 brown, with four obscure horizontal slightly darker brown bands. 

 Soft dorsal pale to transparent, with six longitudinal darker bands, 

 outer or marginal forming dark border. Anal like soft dorsal. 

 Caudal brown, mottled or spotted obscurely with darker, edges 

 and tips of lobes dusky brown. Pectoral brown. Ventral with rays 

 pale brown, membranes with some dark brown shading and front 

 fin edge broadly deep brown. Inner edge of gill opening dusky or 

 blackish brown. 



Mauritius, Reunion, New Guinea, Johnston Island, Jarvis Island. 

 A well-marked species, known by its dark barbels and coloration. 



U.S.N.M. No. 26824. Johnston Island. Length, 320 mm. 



PSEUDUPBNEUS CYPRINOIDES (Valenciennes) 



Upeneus cyprinoides Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, p. 526, 1831 

 (type locality: Mauritius). — Guichenot, Notes lie Reunion, vol. 2, p. 24, 

 1862.— Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 230, pi. 26, fig. 2, 1891 

 (type). 



Depth 3%; head 3K. Snout 2% in head; eye Zji, 1% in snout, little 

 greater than preorbital depth; maxillary reaches % to snout, expan- 

 sion lYo, length 3 in head; interorbital low; upper eye edge nearly 

 touches upper profile. 



Scales 28 in lateral line (on figure 28 in lateral line to caudal base 

 and 3 more on latter); 3 above, 6 below, 10 predorsal forward till 

 opposite eye at least, 3 rows on front of cheek below eye to pre- 

 opercle ridge, also another row on front of preopercle flange. 



