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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  somewhat 
  blotched; 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  with 
  three 
  dusky 
  to 
  black 
  bars, 
  

   usually 
  less 
  intense 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  first 
  dorsal 
  and 
  separated 
  by 
  three 
  

   light 
  or 
  whitish 
  bars 
  often 
  completely 
  faded; 
  caudal 
  fin 
  with 
  some 
  

   dusky 
  near 
  tips 
  of 
  rays, 
  especially 
  near 
  fork; 
  pectoral, 
  pelvic, 
  and 
  

   anal 
  fins 
  clear. 
  

  

  Geographical 
  distribiition. 
  — 
  From 
  East 
  Africa 
  eastward 
  through 
  the 
  

   East 
  Indies, 
  Philippines, 
  and 
  certaiu 
  island 
  groups 
  of 
  western 
  Oceania 
  

   (Fiji, 
  USNM 
  66069; 
  New 
  Hebrides, 
  Herre, 
  1936, 
  p. 
  210), 
  and 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  to 
  Japan. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Illustrations 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  "life 
  colors" 
  show 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  and 
  intensity 
  of 
  the 
  bai's 
  on 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  fins 
  and 
  general 
  body 
  coloration, 
  even 
  those 
  completed 
  by 
  

   recent 
  artists 
  (Smith, 
  1949, 
  pi. 
  28, 
  fig. 
  563; 
  Herre 
  and 
  Montalban, 
  

   1928, 
  p. 
  103, 
  pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  1). 
  These 
  differences 
  may 
  be 
  associated 
  with 
  

   state 
  of 
  preservation, 
  size, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  sexual 
  dimorphism. 
  

  

  The 
  recognition 
  of 
  Upeneus 
  suhvittatus 
  Temminck 
  and 
  Schlegel 
  by 
  

   Synder 
  (1907, 
  p. 
  101) 
  is 
  probably 
  entirely 
  erroneous 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  

   recent 
  accoimt 
  by 
  Boeseman 
  (1947, 
  p. 
  43) 
  on 
  the 
  reexamination 
  of 
  

   the 
  type 
  material 
  and 
  on 
  my 
  examination 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  collected 
  by 
  

   Jordan 
  and 
  Snyder 
  at 
  Wakanoura, 
  Japan 
  (see 
  "Remarks" 
  in 
  description 
  

   of 
  tragula). 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  moluccensis 
  (Bleeker) 
  

  

  Plate 
  13, 
  Figure 
  D 
  

  

  Upeneoidea 
  moluccensis 
  Bleeker, 
  1855, 
  p. 
  409 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Amboina). 
  — 
  Scale, 
  

   1914, 
  p. 
  68, 
  pi. 
  392, 
  fig. 
  1.— 
  Herre 
  and 
  Montalban, 
  1928, 
  p. 
  101, 
  pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   Upeneoides 
  dubius 
  Kner, 
  1865, 
  p. 
  67. 
  

  

  Upeneoides 
  fasciolatus 
  Day, 
  1868a, 
  p. 
  151 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Madras). 
  

   Upeneoides 
  sulphureus 
  Day, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  120 
  (in 
  part). 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  moluccensis 
  Bleeker, 
  1877, 
  pi. 
  (2) 
  392, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Fowler, 
  1933, 
  p. 
  328. 
  

   Upenoides 
  (error) 
  moluccensis 
  Herre 
  and 
  Montalban, 
  1928, 
  p. 
  101. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  studied. 
  — 
  Twenty-one 
  specimens, 
  ranging 
  in 
  length 
  from 
  

   49 
  to 
  125 
  mm. 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  localities: 
  East 
  Indies 
  Islands, 
  

   Borneo, 
  Sandakan 
  Bay, 
  USNM 
  138638, 
  6 
  specimens, 
  66 
  to 
  74 
  mm.; 
  

   Java, 
  USNM 
  72694, 
  one 
  specimen, 
  82 
  mm.; 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  nine 
  

   USNM 
  collections 
  totalling 
  10 
  specimens, 
  taken 
  chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  Alba~ 
  

  

  