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slightly concave; barbel 1% to Iji Gill rakers 6 to 8 + 16 to 20, 

 lanceolate, Iji in gill filaments, which 1% in eye; 6 lower as rudiments. 



Scales 32 to 34 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on 

 latter; 3 above, 6 or 7 below, 15 to IG predorsal; 3 ? or 4 rows on cheek. 

 Scales with 5 basal radiating striae; 67 or 68 apical denticles, with 4 or 

 5 series of basal segments; circuli fine. 



D. VIII-I, 8, I, second spine l}i to 1% in head, first ray 1% to 2%] 

 A. I, 6, I, spine 2% to 3, first ray 1% to 2; caudal 1, well forked; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2}2 to 2%; pectoral IJg to IJs; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Dull brown above, whitish below. Iris whitish, pale slate in form- 

 alin specimens. Spinous dorsal whitish, broadly tipped black, with 

 1 or 2 median gray to black horizontal bands. Soft dorsal light brown, 

 tip of front lobe dusky to black and with 2 dusky longitudinal bands, 

 upper midway across fin anteriorly and lower from near middle of 

 base of fin out over ends of last rays. Caudal gray to whitish, 

 upper lobe with 3 or 4 oblique black bars and lower lobe with 2 or 3. 



Figure il.— Upeneus vittaius (ForskSl), young 



Red Sea, Mauritius, Reunion, Portuguese East Africa, Natal, 

 Arabia, India, Ceylon, Pinang, East Indies, Philippines, China, 

 Formosa, Japan, Queensland, Melanesia, Polynesia. 



22533 [1674]. Atulayan Bay, Luzon. June 17, 1909. Length, 86 to 100 mm. 



Twenty-three examples. Back and side crossed by about 4 bright yellow 



bands, slightly narrower than interspaces. Oblique bars on dorsals and caudal 



blackish. Lower fins very pale lemon. 

 One example. D. 5134. Balukbaluk Island (N.), S. 59°, W. 6.25 miles (lat. 



6° 44' 45" N., long. 121° 48' E.), Sulu Archipelago. February 7,1908. 



Length, 55 mm. 

 7950, 7951. Batangas market. June 7, 1908. Length, 172 to 176 mm. 

 5341. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length, 195 mm. Olivaceous, becoming 



silvery below, upper stripes dusky, side stripes yellowish. Barbels white. 



Bars on dorsal and caudal black or very dark brown. 

 18828. Cebu market. March 27, 1909. Length, 200 mm. 



820. Cebu market. March 30, 1909. Length, 68 mm. 

 2160 [1859]. Cebu market. August 29, 1909. Length, 168 mm. 

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