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UPENEUS MOLUCCENSIS (Bleeker) 



Figure 29 



Upeneoides moluccensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 8, p. 409, 

 1855 (tj'pe locality: Amboina). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 399, 1859 (compiled). — Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, p. 387, 1876 

 (Manila). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 479, 1895 (Luzon; Manila). — 

 Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 530, 1904 

 (Padang). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, No. 1, p. 68, pi. 392, fig. 1, 

 1914 (Hong Kong). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 

 36, No. 1, pi. 6, fig. 1, 1928. — Tirant, Service Oceanogr. Pech. Indo-Chine, 

 note 6, p. 168, 1929 (Phu Yen). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1929 (1930), p. 648 (Padang). 



Upenoides moluccensis Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 36, 

 No. 1, p. 101, 1928 (Manila, Balayan Bay, Pinamalayan, Tagbilaran, 

 Larena; Hong Kong). (Error.) 



Upeneus moluccensis Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, p. 281, 1865 

 (reference); vol. 4, p. 118, 1874 (China); Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, 

 vol. 15, No. 3, p. 8, 1875 (Celebes, Sumbawa, Amboina); Atlas Ichth. Ind. 

 N6erland., vol. 9, pi. (2) 392, fig. 1, 1877. 



Upeneus dubius (part) Schleqel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 2-4, pi. 11, fig. 

 3, 1843. 



Upeneoides diibius Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 67, 1865 (Australia). 



Upeneoides fasciolatus Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, p. 151 (type locality: 

 Madras) . 



? Upeneoides roseus Castklnau, Res. Fish. Australia (Off. Rec. Philadelphia Exhib. 

 Victoria), p. 11, 1875 (type locality: Cape York). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 403, 1881 (Cape York). 



Upeneus roseus McCulloch, Austral. Mus. Mem., vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 224, 1929 

 (reference) . 



Upeneoides sulphureus (not Cuvier) Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 120, 1876 

 (part) . 



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

 head; eye 3% to 4%, 1% to 1% in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches to or % in eye, expansion 1% to 1% in eye, length 

 2% to 2% in head; barbels 1% to 1%, not quite reaching opposite hind 

 preopercle edge; teeth in villiform bands in jaws and on palatines; 

 interorbital 3% to 4, slightly depressed medially. Gill rakers 8 + 20, 

 lanceolate, l^s in gill filaments, which 1% in eye; 4 lowest as rudiments. 



Scales 34 or 35 in lateral Une to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 

 3 above, 7 below, 17 predorsal forward above front nostril, 3 rows 

 on cheek with rather broad naked flange. Scales with 5 or 6 basal 

 radiating striae; 85 to 100 short apical denticles with 12 to 15 trans- 

 verse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. VIII-I, 8, I, third spine 1}^ to 1% in head, first ray 2K to 2%; 

 A. II, 6, I, second spiiic 3% to 3%, first ray 2% to 2%; caudal 1, deeply 

 forked and lobes sharply pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle 1^ 

 to 1%; pectoral 1% to Iji; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Fawn brown generally, paler below with silvery sheen over lower 

 sides of head and abdomen. Iris golden. Sulphur-yellow band wide 



