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U.S.N.M. No. 66070. Suva, Fiji. Albatross collection, 1899-1900. Length, 210 mm. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 71679. Nafa, Okinawa, Riu Kiu. Albatross collection, 1906. 



Length, 125 to 191 mm. Four examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72243. Iloilo. R. C. MacGregor. Lengtli, 100 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72693. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length, 94 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 85983. China. A. de C. Sowerby. Length, 87 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 89045. Tahiti. J. M. Clements. Length, 127 to 131 mm. Two 



examples. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 47508 to 47511. Philippine Islands. Commercial Museum of 



Philadelphia. Lengtli, 120 to 180 mm. Types of Upeneoides philippinus. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52856 to 52859. Orion, Luzon. May 11, 1923. Rev. Joseph 



Clemens. Purchased. Length, 130 to 145 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 53048. Durban Bay, Natal. 1927. H. W. Bell Marley. Length, 



146 mm. 



IJPENEUS ARGE Jordan and Evermann 



Upeneus arge Jordan and Everman, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, p. 187, 1902 

 (1903) (type locality: Honolulu).— Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, 

 p. 456, lb02 (1903) (Honolulu).— Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, 

 p. 527, 1902 (1904) (Honolulu).— Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Comm., vol. 23, pt. 1, p. 264, pi. 39, 1903 (1905) (Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, 

 Hilo). — Fowler, Copeia, No. 112, p. 83, 1922 (Hawaii). — Borodin, Bull. 

 Vanderbilt Marine Mus., vol. 1, art. 2, p. 53, 1930 (Hilo). 



Upeneoides arge Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 227, pL 19C, 1928 (Hilo 

 Hawaii, Honolulu, Palmyra and Strong Islands, Apiang); Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 648 (Honolulu) ; Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, 

 No. 5, p. 336, 1931 (Honolulu). 



Upeneoides vittatus (not Forskal) Streets, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 7, p. 71, 1877 

 (Honolulu) . 



Depth 3% to 4; head 3% to 3%, width 1% to 2. Snout 2% to 2% in 

 head ; eje 5 to 5)8, 2% to 2}^ in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches eye, expansion 1% to Iji in eye, length 2% to 2% in head; 

 barbels nearlj^ reach opposite hind preopercle edge, length 1)^ to 1% 

 in head; teeth villiform, in 4 or 5 irregular series forming bands in 

 jaws, an anchor-shaped band on vomer and rather broad band on 

 each palatine; interorbital 3 to 3%, slightly elevated and broadly 

 convex. Gill rakers 5 + 17, lanceolate, 1% in gill filaments or 1% in 

 eye; 3 above and 5 below rudimentary tubercles. 



Scales 38 or 39 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 

 3 above, 7 below, 16 or 17 predorsal forward nearly to snout tip; 4 

 rows below eye and cheek to lower preopercle edge. Tubes in lateral 

 line w^ith 3 to 9 tubules; infraorbital scales venulose. Scales with 4 

 to 6 basal radiating striae; 92 to 98 apical denticles, with 14 or 15 

 transverse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



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

 1% to 2; A. II, G, I, first branched ray 1)5 to 2; caudal 1, deeply forked, 

 with pointed lobes; least depth of caudal peduncle 2^ to 2%; pectoral 

 l%tol%;ventrall%to 1%. 



Back olive, below yellowish white. Iris buff-brown, narrow yellow 

 circle around pupil. Barbels whitish. Spinous dorsal buff basally, 

 brownish terminally. Spinous dorsal whitish, with three faint 



