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7c. Second dorsal spine not flexible near tip, pungent; gill rakers numerous, 

 about 37 to 39; barbels intermediate in length, extending to posterior 

 margin of preopercle; body pale, margins of fins dusky, soft dorsal 

 and anal with dark spots on basal half, with about 4 faint narrow, dark 

 bars on outer portion P. crassilabris (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



PARAPENEUS BARBERINUS (LacepSde) 



Plate 78,D 



Mullus barberiiius Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 406, pi. 

 13, fig. 3, 1802 (type locality, near Moluccas). 

 SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 6 stations, 22 specimens, 32 to 175 mm. in standard length. 



Eniwetok Atoll: 2 stations, 3 specimens, 34 to 169 mm. 



Rongelap Atoll: 3 stations, 5 specimens, 66 to 109 mm. 



Rongerik Atoll: 1 specimen, 162 mm. 



Kwajalein Atoll: 1 specimen, 132 mm. 



Guam: 3 lots, 24 specimens, 37 to 146 mm. 



In addition 54 lots totaUng 153 specimens were examined from: East Indies 

 and Philippines, 41 lots, 124 specimens; Okinawa, 2 lots, 2 specimens; CaroHne 

 Islands, 2 lots, 12 specimens; New Guinea, 1 specimen; Solomon Islands, 2 lots, 

 3 specimens; Gilbert Islands, 1 specimen; Samoan Islands, 1 specimen; Admiralty 

 Islands, 1 lot, 7 specimens; Tuamotu Islands, 1 specimen; Pacific Ocean, 2 lots, 

 2 specimens (Wilkes exploring expedition). 



Description. — The following counts and measurements were taken 

 from 8 of the specimens from Bikini Atoll, 65 to 144 mm. in standard 

 length (other counts and measurements in tables 65-67): Dorsal rays 

 Vlil-i,8; anal rays I,i,6; pectoral rays ii,14 to 16 (.30 specimens); 

 vertical scale rows 28 to 29; scale rows above lateral line 3, below 

 lateral line 6. 



Body depth 3.5; head length 2.8 to 3.0; length of caudal peduncle 

 3.6 to 4.1; length of longest pectoral ray 4.1 to 4.7; all in standard 

 length. Eye 4.6 to 5.5; length of upper jaw 3.0 to 3.4; depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2.5 to 3.2; length of snout 1.8 to 2.2; length of barbel 

 1.4; all in length of head. Eye in snout 2.4 to 3.3 Gill rakers, 

 including rudiments, 6 or 7 + 1+20 or 21, total (39 specimens) 27 to 

 29, longest raker about two-thirds longest filament, 2 to 2.3 in eye. 



Teeth of upper and lower jaws stout, blunt tipped, and in a single 

 row; no teeth on vomer or palatines; small scales on caudal fin, absent 

 on dorsal and anal fins; cheek and opercle scaled; barbels reach 

 vertical drawn touching posterior edge of preopercle ; first dorsal spine 

 minute, second spine about nine-tenths length of third spine; tip of 

 second spine of spinous dorsal flexible in adults; peritoneum dark 

 brown to black; scales ctenoid, with about 4 to 8 radii on the anterior 

 field. 



Color in alcohol. — Head and body light or whitish on cheeks, oper- 

 cles, and area on body below horizontal stripe, but the scales in some 



