26 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 02 Vol. 2 



PARUPENEUS PLEUROSTIGMA (Bennett) 



Plate 77, E 



Upeneus pleurostigma Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 1, p. 59, 1831 (type 



locality, Mauritius). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 



36, p. ^22, pi. 5, fig. 2, 1928. 

 Mullus pleurostigma Playpair, in Playfair and Giinther, Fishes of Zanzibar, p. 40, 



1866. 

 Parupeneus pleurostigma Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 9, pi. 393, 



fig. 3, 1878. — Weber and de Beaufort, Fishes of the Indo-Australian 



Archipelago, vol. 6, p. 398, 1931. 

 Pseudupeneus pleurostigma Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., vol. 22, p. 456, 



(1902) 1903.— Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., vol. 22, p. 527 (1902) 



1904. — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., vol. 23, pt. 1, 



p. 260, fig. 108 (1903) 1905.— Fowler, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. 12, 



p. 275, 1933. 

 Upeneus brandesi Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Indie, vol. 2, p. 236, 1851 



(type locality, Banda Neira). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 9 stations, 44 specimens, 48 to 169 mm. in standard length. 



Rongelap Atoll: 2 stations, 85 specimens, 49 to 104 mm. 



In addition, 10 lots totaling 19 specimens were examined from the foUo'^ving 

 localities: Philippine Islands, 2 lots, 5 specimens; Okinawa, 1 lot, 2 specimens; 

 Hawaiian Islands, 7 lots, 12 specimens. 



Description. — The following counts and measurements were taken 

 from 6 specimens unless indicated otherwise, all from the Marshall 

 Islands and ranging in standard length from 80 to 151 mm. (counts 

 and measurements of specimens from other areas of the Pacific are 

 also included in tables 74-76): Dorsal rays VIII-i,8; anal rays I,i,6; 

 pectoral rays ii,13 to ii, 15(18 specimens); vertical scale rows 28; scale 

 rows above lateral line 3; scale rows below lateral line 6; scale rows 

 around caudal peduncle 14. 



Body depth 3.7 to 3.9; head length 2.9 to 3.0; length of caudal 

 peduncle 3.7 to 3.9; all in standard length. Eye 4.5 to 5.3'; length of 

 upper jaw 2.8 to 3.1; depth of caudal peduncle 3.5 to 3.9; length of 

 snout 1.9 to 2.1; width of interorbital 4.5 to 5.1; length of barbel 1.4 

 to 1.7; all in length of head. Gill rakers 6 or 7+1+21 to 23, total 

 29 to 32 (18 specimens); longest raker only slightly smaller than 

 longest filament. 



Teeth of the upper and lower jaws uniserial, blunt, stout and 

 widely spaced; those in upper jaw about 32 and in lower jaw about 26 ; 

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

 and anal fins; barbels extend beyond vertical, touching posterior 

 margin of eye but do not reach vertical touching posteriormost edge 

 of preopercle ; first dorsal spine about one-sixth length of second spine, 

 second spine about three-fourths length of third spine, its tip not 

 flexible; peritoneum light; lateral line complete; scales ctenoid, with 



