22 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 Vol. 2 



PARUPENEUS TRIP ASCI ATUS (Lacepede) 



Plate 77, C 



Mullus trifasciatus Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 383 



and 404, pi. 15, fig., 1802 (no locality). 

 Parupeneus trifasciatus Weber and de Beaufort, Fishes of the Indo-Australian 



Archipelago, vol. 6, p. 382, 1931.— Schultz, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 180, 



p. 130, 1943. 

 Pseudupeneus moana Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), 



p. 274, 1906 (type locality, Apia, Samoa). — Sntder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 32, p. 89, fig. 1, 1907. 

 Pseudupeneus trifasciatus Fowler, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. 12, No, 1513, 



p. 295, fig. 24, 1933. Mem. Bishop Museum, vol. 12, No. 2, p. 95, 1949. 

 Upeneus atrocingulatus Kner, in Steindachner and Kner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. 



Wien, vol. 61, p. 443, 1870 (type locality, Savay). 

 Upeneus moana Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 36, No. 1, 



p. 124, pi. 4, fig. 2, 1928. 

 Upeneus trifasciatus Gonther, Journ. Museum Godeffroy, vol. 2 (Fische der 



Stidsee, pt. 3), p. 59, pi. 44, fig. B (not C), 1873. 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 24 stations, 72 specimens, 43 to 184 mm. in standard length. 



Eniwetok Atoll: 1 station, 2 specimens, 92 and 106 mm. 



Kwajalein Atoll: 1 specimen, 112 mm. 



Likiep Atoll: 2 lots, Univ. Washington, 2 specimens, 81 and 90 mm. 



Rongelap Atoll: 6 stations, 30 specimens, 46 to 150 mm. 



Rongerik Atoll: 5 stations, 31 specimens, 45 to 146 mm. 



Rota Island: 1 lot, 2 specimens, 164 and 193 mm. 



Guam: 2 lots, 3 specimens, 49 to 53 mm. 



Saipan: 1 specimen, 52 mm. 



In addition, 49 lots totaling 110 specimens were examined from: East Indies 

 and Philippines, 37 lots, 54 specimens; Japan and Ryukyu Islands, 2 lots, 4 

 specimens; Formosa, 1 specimen; China, 1 specimen; Carohne Islands, 1 specimen; 

 Phoenix and Samoan Islands, 4 lots, 46 specimens; Society Islands, 3 lots, 3 

 specimens. 



Description. — The following counts and measurements were taken 

 unless indicated otherwise, from 5 specimens from the Marshall 

 Islands, rangmg in length from 47 to 162 mm. (Counts and measure- 

 ments of specimens from other Indo-Pacific localities are also included 

 in tables 71-73): Dorsal rays VIII-i,8; anal rays I,i6; pectoral rays 

 (28 specimens), ii,13 and ii,14; vertical scale rows, 22 specimens, 27 

 to 29; scale rows above lateral line, 3, below lateral line 6, around 

 caudal peduncle (16 specimens), 13 and 14. 



Body depth 3.5 to 4.3; head length 2.9 to 3.3; length of caudal 

 peduncle 3.8 to 4.1; length of longest pectoral ray 3.9 to 4.6; all in 

 standard length. Eye, comparatively larger in smaller specimens, 

 3.6 to 5.8; length of upper jaw 2.4 to 3.0; depth of caudal peduncle 

 2.9 to 3.3; length of snout 1.8 to 2.8; interorbital width 3.8 to 4.7; 

 length of barbel 1.3 to 1.6; all in length of head. Eye in snout 1.3 



