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Hypeneus vittatus (not ForskAl) Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, 



pt. 2, p. 1017, 1849 (1850) (Sea of Pinang). 

 Upeneoides vittatus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 246 



(Delagoa Bay). 

 Mulloides pinnivittatus Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien., math.-nat. 



Kl., vol. 61, pt. 1, p. 624, 1870 (type locality: Nagasaki). 

 Mullus erythrinus (van Hasselt) Bleeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, 



vol. 15, No. 3, p. 5, 1875 (name in synonymy). 

 Upeneoides belaque Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1918, p. 40, 



fig. 16 (type locality: Philippines). — Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 62, art. 2, p. 42, 1922 (types; Zamboanga). — Fowler, Proc. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 285 (Santa Maria, Orani, Orion, Phil- 

 ippines; types). 



Depth 3 to 3%; head 3 to 3%, width 1% to 2. Snout 2% to 3 in head; 

 eye Sji to 4%, 1% to 2 in snout, l}i in interorbital ; maxillary reaches 

 opposite eye or )^ in eye, expansion 1)^ to 2}^ in eye, length 2}^ to 2% 

 in head; teeth small, granular, short, in narrow bands in jaws of 3 or 



Figure ZO.— Upeneus sulphureus Cuvier, young 



4 irregular series; patch of granular teeth on vomer and each palatine, 

 none on tongue; barbels short,reach hind preopercle edge; interorbital 

 ZYa to 3% scarcely elevated, depressed medially. Gill rakers 8 to 10 + 19 

 to 22, lanceolate, 1% to 1% in gill filaments, which 1)^ to 1% in eye. 



Scales 32 to 35 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 to 5 more on 

 latter; 3 above, 7 below, 14 to 17 predorsal, 2 or 3 rows on cheek to 

 preopercle ridge. Scales with 5 or 6 basal radiating striae; 60 to 119 

 apical denticles, with 9 to 15 transverse series of basal elements; 

 circuU very fine. 



D. VIII-I, 8, I, second spine 1% to 1% in head, first branched ray 

 1% to 2%; A. I, 6, I, or 7, i, spine 2%, first ray 1% to 2%; caudal 1 to 1}^ 

 well forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2K to 3; pectoral 1% to 

 1%; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Pale brown, little lighter below. Iris gray-brown. Fins pale. 

 Spinous dorsal with black apex, and 1 or 2 horizontal dusky or blackish 

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