406 MULLID.^. 



side of the tail ; tlie ventral fin, the anterior margin of the first 

 dorsal, the lower half of the second, and the lateral margin of the 

 caudal fin arc brown. The anal fin and the upper half of the second 

 dorsal yellowish, with violet longitudinal lines. {Ri'qj}}.) 

 Red Sea. 



3. Upeneus barberinoides. 



Bleeker, Ainbaina l^- Ceram, p. 263. 



D. 8 1 1. A. 8. L. lat. 30. 



The height of the body is 4^-4| in the total length, the length of 

 the head about four times. The barbels reach slightly beyond the 

 posterior margin of the prceoperculum. Red : the dorsal scales with 

 a reddish-'violet centre ; a lateral brown band from the snout thi'ough 

 the eye to below the anterior portion of the soft dorsal ; opercles 

 A\dth a large bro'WTi spot besides, extending on the side of the body ; 

 a blackish spot on the lateral line, corresponding to the extremity of 

 the second dorsal ; the soft dorsal with a bluish-black base, and with 

 alternate yellow and blue stripes on its upper half. {Bl.) 



Northern coast of Ceram. 



4. Upeneus indicus 



Rimell, ii. p. 42. pi. 157. 



Miillus indicus, Shaw, Zool. iv. pt. 2. p. 614. 



Upeneus russellii, Citv. Sf Val. iii. p. 465 ; Richards. Ichth. China, p. 220; 



Bleeker, Perc. p. 62. 

 ? Upeneus waigiensis, Cue. Sf Val. iii. p. 466. 



D. 8 I 9. A. y. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/7. 



Interspace between the eyes rather flat ; the barbels reach slightly 

 beyond the angle of the praeoperculum. A shining golden spot on 

 the lateral line, disappeaiing after death ; a black blotch on each 

 side of the taU, on the lateral line, between the dorsal and caudal 

 fins. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Thirteen inches long : stufifed. China. Presented by J. R. 



Reeves, Esq. 

 h. Adult: stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



5. Upeneus spilurus. 



Bleeker, Japan, p. 395, and Vei-haml. Batav. Genootsch. .xxvi. Japan, 

 p. 68. tab. 2. f. 2. 



D. 8 ||. A. 8. L. lat. 28. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and 4 J in the total. Scales ctenoid (?). The spinous dorsal much 

 lower than the body. Rose-coloured ; a large round black spot above 

 the lateral line, between the second dorsal and caudal. (Bl.) 



Sea of Japan. 



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