NO. 1513. GOATEISHES OF JAPAN— SNYDER. 95 



6. PSEUDUPENEUS CHRYSOPLEURON (Temminck and Schlegel). 

 UMIHIGOI« (SEA FIRE-CARP). 



Mullus chriisoplewron iKUTsii'iiCK. a,in\ .Schi.ehel, Faun. Japon. Poiss., 1845, p. 29, 



pi. XII, fig. 1 (Nagasaki). — Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen., XXV, p. 10 (Japan); 



XXVI, 1854, p. 70 (Japan). 

 Upeneus chrysopleuron Gunther, Cat. Fislies, I, 1859, p. 410 (China). — Jordan 



and Snyder, Prelim. Check List, 1901, p. 84. 

 Upeneus biaculeatus (Gray) Richardson, Ich., China, 1846, p. 219 (Canton). 

 (?) Upeneus duftius Temminck and Schlegel, Faun. Japon. Poiss., 1845, p. 30, 



pi. XI, "fig. 3 (Nagasaki). — Gunther, Cat. Fishes, I, 1859, p. 411 (copied). 



Habitat. — Coasts of southern Japan and China. 



Head 3^ in length to base of caudal; depth 3^; depth caudal pedun- 

 cle 8i; eye 41 in head; width interorbital space 3i; snout ly^; max- 

 illary 2f ; D. VIII-9; A. 7; scales in lateral line 28. 



Dorsal profile of head and body steep, the ventral outline almost 

 straight. Snout rather blunt; jaws equal; maxillary not nearly reach- 

 ing vertical through anterior edge of orbit, the greater part of its 

 edge slipping under preorbital; lips broad. Ej^e located nearer edge 

 of opercle than tip of snout, a distance equal to diameter of orbit. 

 Teeth on jaws a single row of widely spaced, sharp canines; none on 

 palatines or vomer. Pseudobranchite large; gillrakers -t+lS, long 

 and very slender; those on upper arch preceded by 4 or 6 minute knol)s. 

 Peritoneum silvery. Barbels not quite reaching a point below border 

 of opercle. Preopercle entire. Opercle with a small, flat sharp spine 

 at angle. Head completely scaled, the scales of snout, maxillary, and 

 chin deeply embedded; scales of })ody weakly ctenoid; 2 rows above 

 lateral line, 5 between lateral line and origin of anal; caudal with 

 small scales, the soft orsal and anal apparently naked. Pores of lat- 

 eral line with 4 or 5 branches. First dorsal spine minute, the third 

 longest, If in head. Height of soft dorsal and anal lyV in head. Cau- 

 dal lobes pointed, 1\ in head. Pectorals and ventrals pointed. If in 

 head. 



Color in life, bright red, a bright-golden stripe extending from eye 

 to base of caudals; fins all red; barl)els pale yellow. In alcoholic speci- 

 mens the lateral stripe is visible, a dusky vertical line or spot appears 

 on each scale above the stripe, and there is a brownish spot behind eye 

 and another above axil. 



Specimens 180 mm. long were collected at Wakanoura and Tokyo. 

 The species is not very common, but being of large size is valued as 

 food. 



Individuals of this species were observed slowly swimming near the 

 bottom of a tank, the conspicuous yellow barbels extended forward 

 and constantly movQi^ about as if they were organs of touch. 



{XpvGog^ gold; TiXevpov^ side.) 



« Utni, sea; ///, fiery-red; ko'i, carp. 



