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A. N.S.P. No. 51907. Orion. May 11, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. Purchased. 



Length, 47 mm. 

 A. N.S.P. No. 52696. Orani, Luzon. April 28, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. 



Purchased. Length, 150 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 52697. Orion. April 28, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. Purchased. 



Length, 93 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52701 to 52706. Orion. May 11, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. 



Purchased. Length, 90 to 164 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 52707. Orani. May 9, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. Purchased. 



Length, 133 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 52708. Orion. May 11, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. Purchased. 



Length, 132 mm. 



UPENEUS TAENIOPTERUS Cuvier 



Upeneus taeniopterus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, p. 451, 1829 (type locality: 



Trinquemale, Ceylon). — McCulloch, Austral. Mus. Mem., vol. 5, pt. 2, 



p. 224, 1929 (reference). 

 Upeneoides taeniopterus Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Bengal), vol. 25, 



p. 34, 1853 (reference).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 122, 1875 (type); 



Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 27, 1889. — Steindachner, Denkschr. 



Akad. Wiss. Wien,math.-nat. Kl., vol. 70, p. 487, 1901 (Honolulu). — Fowler. 



Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 227, 1928 (copied Day). 



Depth 4% in total; head 4%. Eye 4K in head, 1% in snout, 1^ in 

 interorbital ; barbels reach % in eye; teeth villiform in jaws, on vomer 

 and palate; interorbital flat; opercular spine weak. 



Scales 38 in lateral line; 3 above, 7 below. Tubes in lateral line 

 very arborescent posteriorly. 



D. VII-I, 7, first spine highest and equals % body depth, second 

 subequal; A. 7 ; caudal deeply forked; pectoral equals fi.rst dorsal spine. 



Back reddish, becoming white on abdomen. Large triangular red- 

 dish spot originally described not now apparent. First dorsal with 3 

 brownish longitudinal bands, second dorsal likewise banded. Caudal 

 with 6 oblique streaks across either lobe. Length, 305 mm. (Day.) 



Ceylon, Hawaii. Cuvier describes its color from Reynaud: 



Back red, dulled with tinge of bister. Head above deeper colored 

 than back. Rose of flanks contrasted with white of abdomen. Large 

 triangular red blotch at caudal base, somewhat dull like back. First 

 dorsal reddish and marked obliquely with 3 brownish bands; first ray 

 dusky; second dorsal paler, oblique bands deeper or bister, mottled 

 with reddish. Caudal dull red, each lobe with 6 parallel longitudinal 

 streaks, blackish at tip and reddish at base of fin. Barbels rosy 

 basally, citron-yellow^ terminally. Length 22.5 to 2.50 nnn. 



