FAMILY MULLIDAE — LACHNER 29 



PARUPENEUS CYCLOSTOMUS (Lacepede) 



Plate 76,B 



Mullus cyclostomus LACErfeoE, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 383, 404, 



pi. 14, fig. 3, 1802 (type locality not given). 

 Upeneus cyclostomus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 



vol. 3, p. 472, 1829. — IIerre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 



36, No. 1, pp. 127, pi. 6, fig. 3, 1928. 

 Pseudupencus cyclostomiis Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 



(1905) p. 275, 1906.— Fowler, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. 12, p. 304, 



1933.— Smith, Sea fishes of Southern Africa, p. 230, 1949.— Fowler, Mem. 



Bishop Mus., vol. 12, No. 2, supp. 3, p. 95, 1949. 

 Mullus chryscrydros LACBPfeoE, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 384, 406, 



1802 (type locality, Mauritius). 

 Upeneus chryscrydros Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 



vol. 3, p. 470, 1829. — Hbrre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 



36, No. 1, pp. 127, pi. 5, fig. 3, 1928. 

 Upeneus chryserythrus GtJNTHER, Journ. Mus. Gode8"roy, vol. 2 (Fische der Siidsee, 



pt. 3), p. 60, pi. 45, fig. A, 1873. 

 Parupeneus chryscrydros Bleekbr, Atlas ichthyologique . . ., vol. 9, pi. 393, fig. 2, 



1878. — Weber and db Beaufort, Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, 



vol. 6, p. 404, 1931.— Schultz, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 180, p. 130, 1943. 

 Pseudupencus chryscrydros Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 



vol. 23 (1903), pt. 1, p. 255, 1905.— Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. 



Fish., vol. 25 (1905), p. 275, 1906. 

 Upeneus oxycephalus Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-N6erl., vol. 1, p. 45, 1856 



(type locality, Manado, Celebes). 

 Parupeneus xanthospilurus Bleekbr, Verh. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 15, No. 



3, p. 37, 1875 (type locahty, Amboina). 

 Upeneus saffordi Seale, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 1 (1900), No. 3, p. 71, 1901 



(type locahty, Guam). 

 Pseudupencus aurantiacus Seale, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, p. 48, 



fig, 14, 1906 (type locality, Tubuai, Austral Islands). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 11 stations, 13 specimens, 47 to 270 mm. in standard length. 

 Eniwetok Atoll: 1 station, 2 specimens, 111 to 194 mm. 

 Rongelap AtoU: 4 stations, 8 specimens, 51 to 89 mm. 

 Rongerik Atoll: 1 station, 2 specimens, 59 and 77 mm. 

 Rota Island: 1 specimen, 172 mm. 



In addition 20 lots totaling 28 specimens were examined from ttie following 

 localities: East Indies and Philippines, 8 lots, 14 specimens; Admiralty Islands, 

 1 specimen; Phoenix and Samoan Islands, 3 lots, 4 specimens; Johnston Island, 

 1 specimen; Marquesas Islands, 2 lots, 2 specimens; Hawaiian Islands, 5 lots, 

 6 specimens. 



Description. — The following counts and measurements were taken 

 from 7 specimens, unless otherwise indicated (counts and measure- 

 ments of specimens from other localities are also included in tables 

 77 and 78); dorsal rays VIII-i,8; anal rays I,i,6; pectoral rays ii,14 

 to ii,15 (29 specimens); vertical scale rows 27 to 29, scale rows above 



