﻿GOATFISH 
  GENUS 
  UPENEUS 
  — 
  LACHNER 
  513 
  

  

  dark 
  saddle 
  posterior 
  to 
  soft 
  dorsal, 
  and 
  moderate-to-short 
  barbels 
  

   best 
  characterize 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  sulphureus 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes 
  

  

  Plate 
  13, 
  Figure 
  C 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  sulphureus 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes, 
  1829, 
  p. 
  450 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Antjer 
  

  

  Straits 
  of 
  Sundra) 
  .— 
  Bleeker, 
  1877, 
  pi. 
  (3) 
  393, 
  fig. 
  4.— 
  Smith, 
  1949, 
  p. 
  229, 
  

  

  pi. 
  28, 
  fig. 
  563.— 
  Fowler, 
  1933, 
  p. 
  330. 
  

   Upeneus 
  hivittatus 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes, 
  1831, 
  p. 
  520 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Coro- 
  

  

  mandel) 
  . 
  

   Mullus 
  suhvittatus 
  Temminck 
  and 
  Schlegel, 
  1843, 
  p. 
  30 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Japan). 
  — 
  

  

  Boeseman, 
  1947, 
  p. 
  43. 
  

   Upeneoides 
  sulphureus 
  Bleeker, 
  1849, 
  p. 
  63.— 
  Day, 
  1876, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  120, 
  pi. 
  30, 
  fig. 
  

  

  3.— 
  Herre 
  and 
  Montalban, 
  1928, 
  p. 
  103, 
  pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   Mulloides 
  pinnivitlatus 
  Steindachner, 
  1870, 
  p. 
  624 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Nagasaki). 
  

   Upeneoides 
  belaqu^ 
  Fowler, 
  1918a, 
  p. 
  40, 
  fig. 
  16 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Philippines). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  studied. 
  — 
  Two 
  hundred 
  seventeen 
  specimens, 
  ranging 
  in 
  

   length 
  from 
  48 
  to 
  132 
  mm., 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  localities: 
  Zanzibar, 
  

   USNM 
  12614, 
  3 
  specimens, 
  72 
  to 
  79 
  mm., 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum; 
  East 
  Indies 
  Islands, 
  four 
  USNM 
  collections 
  totalling 
  10 
  

   specimens; 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  36 
  USNM 
  collections 
  totalling 
  200 
  

   specimens; 
  China, 
  USNM 
  94814, 
  one 
  specimen, 
  132 
  mm.; 
  Okinawa, 
  

   USNM 
  71838, 
  one 
  specimen, 
  107 
  mm.; 
  Fiji 
  Islands, 
  Suva, 
  USNM 
  

   66069, 
  one 
  specimen, 
  91 
  mm.; 
  Pacific, 
  USNM 
  83115, 
  one 
  specimen, 
  

   89 
  mm., 
  Wilkes 
  Expedition. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  VIII-i,8(48), 
  the 
  first 
  spine 
  minute; 
  pec- 
  

   toral 
  rays 
  15.8: 
  15 
  to 
  17 
  (58); 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  35.4: 
  34 
  to 
  37 
  

   (44) 
  ; 
  scale 
  rows 
  above 
  lateral 
  line 
  3 
  (10) 
  ; 
  scale 
  rows 
  below 
  lateral 
  line 
  

   7 
  (27); 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  giUrakers 
  29.4: 
  26 
  to 
  32 
  (43); 
  rakers 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  raker 
  in 
  longest 
  filament 
  

   averages 
  about 
  1.1 
  (6). 
  

  

  Peritoneum 
  dark, 
  uniform 
  light 
  brown 
  to 
  blackish 
  brown; 
  preorbital 
  

   scales 
  absent; 
  barbels 
  show 
  considerable 
  variation 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  are 
  

   longer 
  in 
  larger 
  specimens 
  (table 
  8), 
  usually 
  extending 
  beyond 
  pre- 
  

   opercular 
  margin 
  in 
  specimens 
  over 
  85 
  mm. 
  in 
  standard 
  length, 
  barbel 
  

   length 
  in 
  these 
  larger 
  specimens 
  in 
  percent 
  of 
  head 
  length 
  58 
  to 
  82 
  

   (73 
  specimens) 
  ; 
  range 
  of 
  barbel 
  length 
  in 
  percent 
  of 
  head 
  length, 
  all 
  

   specimens, 
  50 
  to 
  82 
  (84 
  specimens) 
  ; 
  third 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  slightly 
  longer 
  

   than 
  second 
  or 
  fourth. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  — 
  Head 
  and 
  body 
  silvery 
  tan 
  to 
  golden 
  tan, 
  darker 
  

   brown 
  dorsally 
  and 
  light 
  sUvery 
  to 
  golden 
  tan 
  below. 
  

  

  Spinous 
  dorsal 
  with 
  three 
  blackish 
  horizontal 
  bars 
  located 
  near 
  

   base, 
  middle 
  and 
  outer 
  parts 
  of 
  fin, 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  

   by 
  whitish 
  bars; 
  the 
  outer 
  black 
  bar 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  intensely 
  developed 
  

  

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