FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 303 



Upeneus natalensis Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 6, 



p. 229, 1908 (1909) (type locality: Natal); Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4 



p. 364, 1917 (reference). 

 Upeneus indicus (not Shaw) Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., 



vol. 6, p. 164, 1908. 

 Upeneus spilurus (not Bleeker) Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 9, 



p. 321, 1922. 

 Upeneus luteus (not Valenciennes) Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 231, 



1928 (Tahiti specimen); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), 



p. 648 (Tahiti specimen); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 648, 1931 



(Tahiti specimen). 



Depth 3/8 to 3K; head 3% to 3%, width P/o to 2. Snout 2 to 2}^ in 

 head; eye 5 to 5%, 2% to 2% in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital ; maxillary- 

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

 head; barbels reach opposite hind eye edge, length Iji to 2)^ in head; 

 teeth conic, uniserial, none on palate; interorbital 3% to Sji, convex. 

 Gill rakers 7 + 24, lanceolate, 1% in gill filaments, which equal eye. 



FiGUEE 25.—Pseudupeneusfratercuius (Valenciennes), young 



Scales 26 or 27 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on 

 latter; 3 above, 6 below, 12 or 13 predorsal forward to front nostril, 3 

 rows below eye to lower preopercle edge. Scales with 6 or 7 basal 

 radiating striae; 100 to 110 apical denticles, with 7 or 8 transverse 

 rows of basal elements; circuli fine. 



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

 2% to 2%, last ray shorter than first; A. I, 6, i, first branched ray 2% 

 to 2)^; caudal 1}^ to Iji, deeply forked, lobes sharply pointed; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral 1% to l}i; ventral l}i to 1%. 



Brown. Dark postocular band from eye, with parallel white band 

 above and below, far back as depressed pectoral tip. Black spot on 

 caudal peduncle midway in its length and entirely above lateral line. 

 Body otherwise pale brown, lighter below. Eye brown. Fins brown. 



