﻿GOATFISH 
  GENUS 
  UPENEUS 
  — 
  LACHNER 
  

  

  511 
  

  

  Table 
  6. 
  — 
  Length 
  of 
  barbel 
  in 
  four 
  size-groups, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  gillrakers 
  and 
  

   vertical 
  scale 
  rows, 
  by 
  locality, 
  in 
  Upeneus 
  bensasi 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  asymmetricus, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Plate 
  13, 
  Figure 
  B 
  

   Upeneus 
  tragula 
  Fowler, 
  1933, 
  p. 
  339 
  (in 
  part). 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  USNM 
  154659, 
  a 
  female 
  specimen 
  76 
  mm. 
  in 
  standard 
  

   length, 
  collected 
  March 
  24, 
  1909, 
  at 
  Pandanon 
  Island, 
  east 
  of 
  Cebu, 
  

   Philippine 
  Islands, 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  Expedition. 
  

  

  Paratypes. 
  — 
  USNM 
  154660, 
  2 
  specimens, 
  73 
  and 
  81 
  mm., 
  taken 
  

   with 
  holotype 
  and 
  having 
  same 
  data; 
  USNM 
  154661, 
  1 
  specimen, 
  

   101 
  mm., 
  collected 
  April 
  15, 
  1908, 
  at 
  Catbalogan, 
  Samar, 
  Philippine 
  

   Islands, 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  Expedition. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  This 
  description 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  three 
  

   paratypes 
  listed 
  above. 
  The 
  counts 
  are 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  

   followed 
  in 
  parentheses 
  by 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  counts 
  for 
  the 
  paratypes. 
  

   Certain 
  characters 
  are 
  compared 
  with 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  in 
  

   tables 
  1 
  and 
  2. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  rays 
  VII-i,8 
  (VII-i,8), 
  the 
  fu'st 
  spine 
  longest; 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  

   ii,ll 
  (ii,ll 
  to 
  ii,12); 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  28 
  (29-30); 
  scale 
  rows 
  above 
  

   lateral 
  line 
  2 
  (2-3) 
  ; 
  scale 
  rows 
  below 
  lateral 
  line 
  6 
  (5-6) 
  ; 
  total 
  number 
  

   of 
  gillrakers 
  27 
  (28-29); 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  raker 
  in 
  longest 
  filament 
  

   1.4 
  (1.3-1.5). 
  

  

  Measm^ements, 
  expressed 
  in 
  thousandths 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  length, 
  

   are 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  paratypes 
  in 
  table 
  7. 
  

  

  Peritoneum 
  silver 
  brown; 
  preorbital 
  scales 
  present; 
  barbels 
  of 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  length, 
  extend 
  beyond 
  eye 
  but 
  not 
  reachmg 
  preopercular 
  margin, 
  

   and 
  barbel 
  length 
  in 
  percent 
  of 
  head 
  length 
  58 
  to 
  66; 
  first 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  

   longest. 
  

  

  Body 
  slightly 
  slab-sided; 
  jaws 
  nearly 
  horizontal; 
  snout 
  rounded; 
  

   pectoral 
  fins 
  pointed; 
  anal 
  slightly 
  f^cate; 
  caudal 
  fin 
  deeply 
  forked. 
  

  

  