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eye edge with age, expansion 1% to 1% in eye, length 2}^ to 2% in head; 

 barbels reach opposite hind preopercle edge or 1% in head; teeth in 

 villiform bands in jaws, on vomer and palatines; interorbital 3% to 

 3%, very slightly elevated and nearly level. Gill rakers 8 + 17, lan- 

 ceolate, Iji in gill filaments, which 1% in eye; 3 or 4 above and 4 below 

 rudimentary tubercles. 



Scales 28 or 29 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on 

 latter; 2 or 3 above, 6 or 7 below, 12 or 13 predorsal forward nearly 

 to snout tip; 3 rows on cheek below eye. Tubes in lateral line with 

 2 to 4 tubules. Scales with 3 to 6 basal radiating striae; 70 to 124 

 apical denticles with 10 to 13 transverse series of basal elements; 

 circuli fine. 



D. VII (varies V or VIII)-I, 8, i, first spine 1% to 1% in head, first 

 branched ray 1% to 2; A. I, 6, i, first branched ray 1% to 1%; caudal 

 1 to 1}^, deeply forked, with sharp pointed lobes; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral l}i to Iji. 



Figure 27. — Upeneus bensasi (Schlegel), young. 



Brown on back and upper surface of head, lower half of body white, 

 with silvery reflections. Iris gray to yellowish white. Fins dull or 

 pale uniform white. Upper caudal lobe with 3 to 5 slightly darker 

 gray bands, slightly inclined from upper edge and fading out below. 

 Entire hind caudal edge with submarginal dusky band. Barbels 

 whitish. 



Arabia, Portuguese East Africa, India, Philippines, Indo-China, 

 China, Formosa, Riu Kiu, Japan. Snyder has given the dorsal spines 

 as seven, though I find they may vary one or two more or less. He 

 also gives the scales as 36 in his " key to the species," but in the 

 description "scales in lateral series 30." His figure shows 28 tubular 

 to caudal base and 2 more on lateral line. 



One example. Cebu market. March 20, 1909. Length, 71 mm. 

 Two examples. Lampinigan Island, south of Zamboanga. September 11, 1909. 

 Length, 38 or 39 mm. 



