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 UPENEUS BENSASI (Schlegel) 



Figure 27 



Mullns bensasi Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 2, 3, p. 30, pi. 1, fig. 2, 

 1843 (type locality: Bay of Nagasaki). 



Upeneoides bensasi Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Japan), vol. 25, p. 10, 

 1853; vol. 26, p. 71, 1854 (Nagasaki); Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerland., vol. 3, 

 p. 5, 1857-1858 (Japan); vol. 5, p. 2, 1858-1859 (Nagasaki); Nat. Tijds. 

 Nederland. Indie, vol. 20, p. 235, 1859-1860 (Nagasaki).— Gxjnther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 399, 1859 (compiled). — Day, Fishes of India, 

 pt. 2, p. 121, pi. 30, fig. 5, 1876 (Madras, Coromandel). — GiInther, Rep. 

 Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, p. 63, 1880 (Yokohama; Kobe). — Karoli, Termdsz. 

 Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 156, 1881 (Kobe, Nagasaki). — Day, Fauna 

 Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 27, 1889. — Ishikawa and Matsutjra, Prelim. 

 Cat. Mus. Tokyo, p. 54, 1897. — Rutter, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1897, p. 71 (Swatow). — Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 30, p. 84, 

 1905 (Bale d' Along, Tonkin).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 

 p. 416 (Misaki, Shimizu, Kagoshima), p. 503 (Okinawa), 1912. — Fowler 

 and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, art. 2, p. 43, 1922 (Takao). — 

 Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, p. 245, 1925 

 (Shizuoka, Kobe, Wakanoura, Toba, Tatoku, Kagoshima, Mikawa Bay, 

 Toj'ama, Misaki, Fukui, Noo, Miyazu). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1927, p. 285 (Orani, Orion). — Schmidt and Lindberg, Bull. 

 Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1930, p. 1140 (Tsuruga).— Sowerby, NaturaHst in 

 Manchuria, vol. 4, p. 195, 1930 (Fusan). — Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. 

 Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 2, p. 75, 1931 (Nagasaki). 



Upeneus bensasi Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 4, p. 118, 1873 

 (China).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 32, p. 97, fig. 3, 1907 (Waka- 

 noura, Tokyo, Nagasaki). — Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-nat. Kl., vol. 71, pt. 1, p. 137, 1907 (Gischin, South Arabia). — Franz, 

 Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol. 4, suppl. vol. 1, p. 48, 1910 (Yokohama; 

 Aburatzubu). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, No. 1, p. 68, 1914 

 (Hong Kong). — Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, 

 No. 4, p. 259, 1914 (Misaki).— Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, 

 pt. 2, p. 584, 1927 (Delagoa Bay).— Schmidt, Bull. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 

 1931, p. 112 (Nagasaki). 



Pseudupeneus bensasi Anonymous, lllustrat. Jap. Aquat. Plants Animal., vol. 1, 

 pi. 22, fig. 5, 1931. 



Upeneoides japonicus (not Houttuyn) Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. KL, vol. 48, p. 22, 1884 (Oshima). — Nystrom, 

 Bihang kon. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handlingar, Stockholm, vol. 13, No. 4, p. 

 16, 1887 (Nagasaki). — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 23, p. 358, 1900 (Japan); Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 83, 1901 (part).— 

 Steindachner, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, vol. 11, p. 202, 1896 (Kobe, Hiogo, 

 Nagasaki) . 



Upeneoides tokisensis (Doderlein) Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. KL, vol. 48, p. 22, 1884 (Tokyo). (Name in 

 synonymy). 



Upeneus tokisensis Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 84, 1901 

 (Yokohama). 



Depth 4K to 4%; head 3% to 3%, width 2 to 2%. Snout 2% to 2% 

 in head; eye Sji to 4}^, 1% to 1% in snout, greater than interorbital in 

 young to Iji with age; maxillary reaches % in eye in young or to front 



