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Upeneus sundaicus Bleeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 15, No. 3, 

 p. 10, 1875 (Java, Madura, Sumatra, Nias, Singapore, Banka, Celebes, Buru); 

 Atlas Ichth. lud. Neerland., vol. 9, pi. (4)394, fig. 2, 1877.— Beaufort, 

 Bijd. Dierk., Amsterdam, vol. 19, p. 123, 1913 (Makassar, Celebes). 



Upeneoides viltatus (not Forskal) Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch., vol. 22, 

 p. 63, 1849 (Batavia, Samarang, Soerabaia). 



Depth 4; head 3?^. Snout 2)^ in head; eye 4Ko, 1% in snout ; maxillary 

 reaches )i in eye, expansion 1% in eye, length 2% in head; barbel 1)^; 

 teeth pluriserial, small, equal; in terorbital moderately high; preopercle 

 edge entire. 



Scales 38 in lateral line; 3 above, 6 below, 19 predorsal to snout 

 tip, 3 rows on cheek; preorbital scaled; front of soft dorsal and anal 

 basally with small scales; caudal finely scaled over greater basal portion. 



D. VIII-I, 9, second spine \% in head, first ray 2)i; A, I, 8, first ray 

 2)i; caudal 1, forked, lobes pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2%; pectoral \)i; ventral lYz 



Above violaceous or olivaceous, sides paler, below golden rosy. 

 Dusky or violaceous dusky band, wide as pupil, from eye to caudal 

 base medially embracing lateral line at caudal peduncle. Iris yellow- 

 ish. Barbels golden. Fins clear rosy. Soft dorsal with 5 longitudinal 

 streaks. Upper caudal lobe with 4 or 5 oblique yellow bands, low^er 

 lobe edged beliind violaceous. Length, 181 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies. Reported by Karoli from Sarangoon and Kobe, 

 perhaps the latter record pertaining to Upeneus tragulal The present 

 species known chiefly by its narrow dark median lateral band. 



UPENEUS SUBVITTATUS (Schlegel) 



Mullus •suhvittatus Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 2-4, p. 30, 1843 



(type locality: Japan). 

 Upeneus suhvittatus Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 219, 1846 (seas of 



China).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 32, p. 101, 1907 (Wakanoura). 

 Upeneoides suhvittatus Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 479, 1895 (Manila 



Bay, Luzon). — Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 83, 1901 



(Nagasaki). — Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 2, 



p. 75, 1931 (Misaki). 



Depth 4%; head 3%. Snout 2>^ in head; eye 6, midway in head; 

 barbels reach opposite hind preopercle edge; jaws equal; maxillary 

 reaches opposite front edge of pupil, hind edge broad, rounded, not 

 sheathed by preorbital; teeth vilhform, in bands in jaws, on vomer 

 and palatines; interorbital 3%, convex; preopercle entire; opercle with 

 broad flat spine. Gill rakers 6+ 12, short, flat, stout, 5 upper broad 

 knobs. 



Scales 30 in lateral line, 2 above, 6 below. Head, including snout, 

 maxillary, throat and chin completely scaled; body scales weakly 

 ctenoid; soft dorsal, anal, and caudal with fine scales. Pores of 

 lateral line with 5 or 6 branches. 



