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as pupil from eye to caudal base ending above lateral line at base of 

 upper caudal lobe medially. Barbels pale. Fins all pale brownish. 

 Spinous dorsal with 4 deep mauve horizontal bands, each much nar- 

 rower than pale interspaces. Soft dorsal similar. Usually upper 

 caudal lobe with 5 or 6 oblique slightly darker lines, lower lobe 

 uniform. 



India, East Indies, Phihppines, Indo-China, China, Queensland. 



Upeneoides roseus Castelnau is somewhat suggestive of the present 

 species. Its incomplete description follows: 



Depth 4K without caudal; head 3}^. Eye dji in head; barbels 

 long; teeth large and numerous on vomer and palatines. D. VII-I, 8, 

 height less than Ji body depth; A. 7; caudal strongly forked. Body 

 pink, with upper parts purple. Belly silvery. Head oUve above. 

 On each side broad gold band. Fins immaculate. Dorsal, caudal, 

 and pectoral olive-yellow. Ventral flesh color. Length, 138 mm. 



Figure 29. — Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker), young 



22713. Balayan Bay, Luzon. January 19, 1908. Length, 119 mm. 



Eleven examples. D. 5134. Balukbaluk Island (N.), S. 59°, W. 6.25 miles 



(lat. 6° 44' 45" N., long. 121° 48' E) . February 7, 1908. Length, 48 to 70 mm. 

 20406. Batangas market. June 7, 1908. Length 70 mm. 



Two examples. Langley Point, Cavite, Luzon. March 23, 1908. Length, 64 mm. 

 One example. Manila. December 6, 1907. Length, 97 mm. 

 One example. Nasugbu, Luzon. January 16, 1908. Length, 65 mm. 

 One example.. Nato River, tide vi^ater, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June 18, 1909. 



Length, 77 mm. 

 Twelve examples. D. 5152. Pajumajan Island (W.), S. 2°, W. 2 miles (lat. 



5° 22' 55" N., long. 120° 15' 45" E.), Tawitawi Group. February 18, 1908. 



Length, 50 to 73 mm. All very pale, doubtless bleached out due to strong 



alcohol. Dark blotches still traceable on upper caudal lobe. Sides largely 



silvery white, without any trace of upper lateral yellow line. 

 19422. Sorsogon market. March 12, 1909. Length, 102 mm. 

 5285, 20397. Sandakan Bay, Borneo, Dutch East Indies. March 2, 1908. 



Length, 86 to 97 mm. Six examples. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 27645. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. M. Hiller. 



Length, 170 mm. 



