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  GOATFISH 
  GENUS 
  UPENEUS 
  — 
  LACHNER 
  509 
  

  

  upper 
  lobe 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  with 
  6 
  brown, 
  oblique 
  bars 
  in 
  adult 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  about 
  80 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  bars 
  in 
  juveniles 
  of 
  about 
  50 
  mm.; 
  

   lower 
  lobe 
  of 
  caudal 
  with 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  such 
  bars 
  in 
  adults, 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  in 
  juveniles; 
  

   second 
  spine 
  of 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  usually 
  longest; 
  dark 
  spots 
  or 
  

   blotches 
  on 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  almost 
  always 
  faded; 
  barbels 
  long, 
  

   usually 
  reach 
  vertical 
  drawn 
  through 
  most 
  posterior 
  portion 
  of 
  

   preopercular 
  margin; 
  barbel 
  length 
  in 
  percent 
  of 
  head 
  length 
  ranges 
  

   from 
  62 
  to 
  72 
  U. 
  luzonius 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Seale 
  

  

  86. 
  Dark 
  brown 
  saddle 
  just 
  posterior 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  faint, 
  

   usually 
  not 
  visible; 
  saddles 
  through 
  fins 
  absent; 
  numerous, 
  distinct, 
  

   small 
  brown 
  spots 
  on 
  cheeks 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  body 
  to 
  beUy; 
  upper 
  lobe 
  

   of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  almost 
  always 
  with 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  brown, 
  oblique 
  bars 
  in 
  adults 
  

   over 
  80 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  in 
  juveniles 
  less 
  than 
  80 
  mm. 
  (see 
  table 
  

   3); 
  lower 
  lobe 
  with 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  brown, 
  oblique 
  bars 
  in 
  adults, 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  in 
  

   juveniles; 
  fourth 
  spine 
  of 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  longest 
  or 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  

   third; 
  dark 
  spots 
  or 
  blotches 
  on 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  almost 
  always 
  

   conspicuous; 
  barbels 
  short, 
  not 
  reaching 
  vertical 
  drawn 
  through 
  

   most 
  posterior 
  portion 
  of 
  preopercular 
  margin; 
  barbel 
  length 
  in 
  

   percent 
  of 
  head 
  length 
  ranges 
  from 
  52 
  to 
  68_ 
  -U. 
  tragula 
  Richardson 
  

  

  8c. 
  Dark 
  brown 
  saddle 
  just 
  posterior 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  faint 
  or 
  

   completely 
  obscure; 
  saddles 
  through 
  fins 
  absent; 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  dusky 
  

   spots 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  head, 
  almost 
  completely 
  absent 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  body 
  to 
  

   belly 
  but 
  with 
  large, 
  irregular, 
  dusky 
  to 
  blackish 
  blotches 
  on 
  body; 
  

   upper 
  and 
  lower 
  lobes 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  with 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  dusky 
  to 
  black, 
  

   oblique 
  bars 
  in 
  adults 
  over 
  80 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  3 
  in 
  juveniles; 
  third 
  

   spine 
  of 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  longest 
  or 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  fourth 
  spine; 
  dark 
  

   blotches 
  on 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  almost 
  always 
  conspicuous; 
  barbels 
  

   short, 
  not 
  reaching 
  vertical 
  drawn 
  through 
  most 
  posterior 
  portion 
  

   of 
  preopercular 
  margin 
  ; 
  barbel 
  length 
  in 
  percent 
  of 
  head 
  length 
  ranges 
  

   from 
  50 
  to 
  64 
  U. 
  oligospilus, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  bensasi 
  (Temminck 
  and 
  Schlegel) 
  

  

  Plate 
  13, 
  Figure 
  A 
  

  

  Mullus 
  bensasi 
  Temminck 
  and 
  Schlegel, 
  1843, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  30, 
  pi. 
  11, 
  fig. 
  2 
  (type 
  

  

  locality, 
  Nagasaki). 
  — 
  Boeseman, 
  1947, 
  p. 
  43. 
  

   Upeneoides 
  guttatus 
  Day, 
  1867, 
  p. 
  938, 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Madras?); 
  1876, 
  p. 
  121. 
  

   Upeneoides 
  japonicus 
  Steindachner 
  and 
  Doderlein, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  22 
  (type 
  locality, 
  

  

  Tokyo, 
  Kochi, 
  and 
  Tango, 
  Japan) 
  (not 
  Mullus 
  japonicus 
  Houttuyn, 
  1782, 
  p. 
  

  

  334)'. 
  

   Upeneoides 
  tokisensis 
  Steindachner 
  and 
  Doderlein, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  22 
  (name 
  in 
  synonymy, 
  

  

  specimens 
  from 
  Tokyo). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  studied. 
  — 
  One 
  hundred 
  fifteen 
  specimens, 
  ranging 
  in 
  

   length 
  from 
  37 
  to 
  148 
  mm., 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  localities: 
  Japanese 
  

   area, 
  16 
  USNM 
  collections, 
  42 
  specimens; 
  Formosa, 
  3 
  USNM 
  colJec- 
  

   tions, 
  21 
  specimens; 
  Philippiae 
  Islands, 
  8 
  USNM 
  collections, 
  52 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Dorsal 
  rays, 
  VII-i,8(65), 
  the 
  fii'st 
  spine 
  longest 
  

   (two 
  abnormal 
  specimens 
  with 
  some 
  irregularly 
  developed 
  spines, 
  

   VIII-i,8 
  and 
  VI-i,8, 
  the 
  first 
  spine 
  in 
  both 
  specimens 
  also 
  longest; 
  

   pectoral 
  rays 
  13.8: 
  13 
  to 
  14 
  (44); 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  29.4: 
  29 
  to 
  31 
  

  

  