398 MULLlDiE. 



Upeneus vittatus et bivittatus, Citv. 4' Val. iii. p. 448, \-ii. p. 520; Riipp. 

 K W. Flsche, p. 101. 



bitpeniatus, Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1830-31, p. 59. 



Upeneoides bivittatus, Uleeker, Pei-c. p. 64, and Amboina, vi. p. 411. 

 vittatus, Bkek. Act. Soc. Nederl. ii. Amboina, p. 43. 



D. 8 ||. A. 7. L. lat. 39. L. transv. 3/6. 



The length of the head is 4i in the total ; the barbels reach to 

 the vertical from the angle of the prseopercukim ; the height of the 

 spinous dorsal is foiu'-fifths of that of the body. Body with two or 

 three longitudinal bands, shining golden ; the spinous doi-sal with 

 the top black, and with one or two blackish bands ; the upper lobe 

 of the caudal with three or four, the lower with two or three oblique 

 black bands. 



From the Red Sea to nearly all the Indian Seas. 



a. Adult. Philippines. 



h. Adult : veiy bad skin. Ceylon. Presentedby the Zoological Society. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



d. Half-grown. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. f. Half-grown : very bad state. India. 



2. Upeneoides tragula. 



Upeneus tragula, Richardsnu, Ichth. C/iina, p. 220. 

 Upeneoides variegatus, Bleeker, Perc. p. 64, and Act. Soc. Nederl. ii. 

 Amboina, p. 48. 



D. 8 I j-. A. 7. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 2/5. 



The length of the head is 4| in the total ; the barbels do not reach 

 to the vertical from the posterior margin of the prajoperculum. The 

 height of the spinous dorsal is three-quarters of that of the body. 

 Vomerine teeth in two lateral stripes. Head, body, anal, pectoral, 

 and ventral fins sparingly and irregidarly spotted with brownish ; a 

 brown longitudinal band from the snout through the eye to the base 

 of the caudal ; dorsal fins largely marbled with blackish ; each lobe 

 of the caudal with five or six oblique bro^^-n cross-bands. 



East Indian Archipelago ; Cliinese Sea. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 6. Adult. Philippines. 



c. Adult: .stuff'ed. Canton. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Adult : stufted. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



3. Upeneoides sulphureus. 



Valent. iii. p. 504. fig. 505 ; Renard, i. 43. 216. 



l^peneus sulplim-eus, Cuv. Sf Val. iii. p. 450. 



? llypeneiis vittatus, var., Cant. Cafal. p. 35. 



Upeneoides sulphureus, Bleeker, Act. Soc. Nederl. ii. Amboina, p. 45, 



D. 8 I -i-. A. 7. L. lat. 38. 



The length of the head is 4i-4^ in the total ; the height of the 

 spinous dorsal is 11 or 1 ^ in that of the body. Rose-colom-ed, with 



