FAMILY MULLIDAE — LACHNER 15 



Table 64. — Total number of gill rakers in Parupeneus indicus, by locality 



and rounded, eye larger, eye in snout 1.9 to 2.4 in specimens larger 



than 87 mm.; plate 76,C P. luteus " (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



76. Second dorsal spine not flexible near tip, pungent; gill rakers intermediate 



in number, ranging from 31 to 35; barbels either short, extending to 



about the posterior margin of eye, or long, nearly reaching end of 



head, 



9a. Barbels shorter, extending to posterior margin of eye or slightly beyond; 



pectoral rays almost always 15 (table 60) ; a light spot or saddle on 



caudal peduncle just posterior to soft dorsal fin, slightly larger than 



eye; light spot partially or completely divided into halves along the 



dorsal midline in some specimens; a dark saddle usually posterior 



of light spot; three weak bars through dorsal fins in some specimens; 



a faint dark stripe through eye, faded on body; a small dark spot 



just behind eye; body coloration generally pale or dusky, 



P. porphyreus ** (Jenkins) 

 96, Barbels longer, extending clearly beyond posterior margin of preopercle, 

 nearly reaching end of head; pectoral rays usually 16 (table 60); 

 a light area dorsally on caudal peduncle followed by a faint to 

 moderately developed dark saddle; head and body otherwise uni- 

 formly light golden or pale; plate 76, D. 



P, chrysonemus '^ (Jordan and Evermann) 



'* Upeneuslnteus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hlstoire naturelle des polssons, vol. 7, p. 521, 1831 (type locality, 

 Mauritius).— Day, Fishes of India, p. 125, pi. 31, flg. 2, 1878.— Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. 

 Scl., vol. 36, No. 1, p. 114, pi. 5, fig. 1, 1928. 



Mullus luteus Playfair, in Playfair and Giinther, Fishes of Zanzibar, p. 41, 1866. 



Parupeneus luteus Bleeker, Verb. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 15, No. 3, p. 32, 1875; Atlas ichthyologl- 

 que . . . , vol. 9, pi. (4) 394, flg. 1, 1878.— Weber and de Beaufort, Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archi- 

 pelago, vol. 6, p. 401, 1931. 

 Pseudupeneus luteus Fowler, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100. vol. 12, p. 313, 1933. 



Five specimens (USNM 138599 to 138601) from the Philippine Islands were examined; This species has 

 been reported from the east African Coast to the Philippines and New Guinea. I have seen no specimens 

 or convincing records of its occurrence in Oceania. 



i» Pseudupeneus poTphyreus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, p. 454, fig. 22, 1903, (type locality, 

 Honolulu, holotype, USNM 50705, examined).— Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 23, 

 pt. 1, p. 262, fig. 110, 1905.— Fowler, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. 12, p. 310, fig. 26, 1933. 

 Upeneus porphyreus Fowler, Mem. Bishop, Mus., vol. 10, p. 228, pi. 20,A, 1928 



Fourteen lots, totaling 72 specimens, from the Hawaiian Islands were examined. 



This species may be endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. 



i» Pseudupeneus chrysonemus Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., vol. 22, p. 186, 1903 (type 

 locality. Hilo; Honolulu; 6 cotypes, USNM 50676, 126548-9, were examined).- Jordan and Evermann, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish. Comm.. vol. 23, pt. 1, p. 258, pi. 21, 1905.— Fowler, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. 12, p. 312, 1933. 

 Upeneus chrysonemus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. PhOadelphla, p. 648, 1930. 

 Upeneus taeniatus Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 229, 1928 (based on type). 



Ten lots (USNM 126548, 126549, 50676), totaling 12 specimens, from the Hawaiian Islands were studied. 



This species appears to be restricted to the Hawaiian Islands. 



