FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 291 



A.N.S.P. No. 27646. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H, L. Hiller. 

 Length, 311 to 315 mm. 



PSEUDUPENEUS BIFASCIATUS (Lacepide) 



Mullus hifasciatus LAcipfeoE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, pp. 383, 404, pi. 14, fig. 

 2, 1802 (no locality) . 



Upeneus hifasciatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, p. 468, 1829 (Bourbon). — 

 GuiCHENOT, Notes tie Reunion, vol. 2, p. 24, 1862. — GtJNTHER, Journ. Mus. 

 Godeflfroy, vols. 2, 3, pts. 5, 6, p. 59, pi. 44, fig. A, 1874 (Rarotonga, Savaii, 

 Solomons). — Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, p. 438 (Mauri- 

 tius) .^Satjvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 221 (type; Marquesas, 

 Carolines, Macao, Ternate, Amboina, Celebes), p. 223 (synonymy), 1891. — 

 Fowler, Copeia, No. 112, p. 83, 1922 (Hawaii); Bishop Mus. Bull. 22, p. 26 

 (Honolulu), p. 33 (Samoa), 1925. — Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 71, art. 10, p. 14, 1927 (Tahiti). — Herre and Montalban, 

 Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 36, No. 1, p. 118, pi. 6, fig. 2, 1928 (Luna, Cabusao, 

 Zamboanga, Cotabato). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 227, 1928 

 (Honolulu, Rarotonga, Guam, Marcus Island, Moilii, Hilo, Samoa, Apia, 

 Papeete); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1928 (1930), p. 648 (Honolulu 

 and Apia); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 336, 1931 (reference). 



Parupeneus hifasciatus Bleeker, Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 2, 

 vol. 2, p. 345, 1868 (Bourbon). 



Pseudupeneus hifasciatus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, p. 456, 1902 

 (1903) (Honolulu). — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 

 23, pt. 1, p. 258, fig. 107, 1903 (1905) (Honolulu, Hilo, Kailua) .— Se ale, Occ. 

 Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, p. 51, 1906 (Rarotonga). — Jordan and 

 Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, p. 274, 1905 (1906) (Apia).— Evermann 

 and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 88, 1906 (1907) (Bacon).— Kendall 

 and GoLDSBOROuGH, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 26, p. 293, 1911 (Papeete, 

 Tahiti). 



Upeneus semifasciatus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, p. 

 263, 1883 (type locality: Hood Bay, New Guinea). 



t Parupeneus andrewsii Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1909, pt. 1, p. 403, pi. 

 65 (type locality : Christmas Island, Indian Ocean) . 



Depth 3 to 3}^; head 3K to Z%, width \% to \%. Snout 1% to 2 in 

 head; eye 4 to b%, 2% to 2% in snout, 1)^ to 1% in interorbital ; maxillary- 

 reaches ^ to % in snout, expansion 1 to 1% in eye, length 2% to 2% in 

 head; barbels reach opposite hind eye edge, length 1% to 1% in head; 

 teeth moderately large, conic, short, uniserial in jaws, none on pala- 

 tine; interorbital 3 to 3%, convexly elevated. Gill rakers 9 + 30, 

 lanceolate, slightly greater than gill filaments, or 1}^ in eye. 



Scales 28 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on latter; 

 3 above, 6 or 7 below, 13 predorsal forward not quite to nostrils; 3 

 rows below eye to lower preopercle edge. Tubes in lateral line arbo- 

 rescent. Scales with 5 to 7 basal radiating striae; 103 to 163 apical 

 denticles with 11 to 14 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



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

 2% to 2%; A. II, 6, i, first branched ray 1% to 2%; caudal 1 to 1%, 

 forked, lobes rounded; least depth of caudal peduncle 2}^ to 2%; 

 pectoral 1% to 1^; ventral iKo to 1%. 



