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5. UPENEUS. 407 



6. Upeneus pleurospilos. 



Bleekcr, Ndiuurk. Ti/chclir. Knlcrl. Ind. iv. p. 110, and Verhmid. Butav. 

 Gmootsch. xxvi. Japan, p. 09. 



D. 8 I -i-. A. 8. L. lat. 30. 



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

 and 4| in the total. The barbels reach to the posterior margin of 

 the operculum. The spinous dorsal much lower than the body. 

 Rose-coloured : each scale of the back and of the sides with a central 

 reddish-violet sjiot ; a black spot below the lateral line, corresponding 

 to the posterior part of the spinous dorsal ; cheeks and snout with 

 bluish stripes ; the second dorsal with two blue longitudinal bands ; 

 the caudal, anal, and ventral fins with yellow bands. (B/.) 



Seas of Japan and Amboyna. 



7. Upeneus brandesii. 



? Upeneus pleurostigma, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. p. 59. 

 Upeneus bi-andesii, Bleeker, Banda, i. p. 230. 



D. 8 ||. A. 8. L. lat. 30. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. The barbels reach to the posterior margin of 

 the prseoperculum. Eed : a large round black spot on the lateral 

 line between the dorsals ; the second dorsal wdth a large black basal 

 spot. (B/.) 



Sea of Banda Neira (and of Mauritius ?). 



8. Upeneus malabaricus. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. iii. p. 467. 



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



The barbels reach beyond the angle of the pra^operculum. A 

 large ovate white spot on the lateral line, above the extremity of 

 the pectoral ; a black spot on each side of the root of the tail. 



Coast of Malabar ; Philippine Islands. 



a. Half-gro-wTi. Philippines. 



9. Upeneus trifasciatus. 



Mullus bifasciatus, Lacep. iii. p. 404. pi. 14. f. 2. 



trifasciatus, Lacep. iii. p. 404. pi. 15. f. 1. 



multifasciatus, Quoy l^- Gaim. Voy. Firyc. pi. 59. f. 1. 



l^peneiis bifasciatus, Cuv. ^- Val. iii. p. 468. 



trifasciatus, Cuv. ^- Val. iii. p. 468; Jenipis, Zool. Beagle, Pishes, 



p. 25 ; Bkek. Banda, i. p. 237. 



D. 8 I 9. A. 7. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 37. Vert. 10,14. 

 The distance between the eyes is convex, and 1| in the length of 

 the snout. A broad black cross-band over the tail, a second from 

 the anterior portion of the soft dorsal ; the space between the two 



