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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  103 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  vittatus 
  (Forskal) 
  

  

  Plate 
  13, 
  Figure 
  E 
  

  

  Mullus 
  vittatus 
  ForskSl, 
  1775, 
  p. 
  31; 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Djedda, 
  Red 
  Sea). 
  — 
  Lacdpfede, 
  

  

  1802, 
  p. 
  382, 
  pi. 
  14, 
  fig. 
  1.— 
  Shaw 
  1803, 
  p. 
  616, 
  pi. 
  89. 
  

   Mullus 
  handi 
  Shaw, 
  1803, 
  p. 
  615 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Vizagapatam) 
  . 
  

   Upeneus 
  vittatus 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes, 
  1829, 
  p. 
  448. 
  — 
  Bleeker, 
  1877, 
  pi. 
  (2) 
  

  

  392, 
  fig. 
  3.— 
  Fowler, 
  1933, 
  p. 
  334, 
  fig. 
  31; 
  1949, 
  p. 
  95.— 
  Smith, 
  1949, 
  p. 
  228, 
  

  

  pi. 
  27, 
  fig. 
  561. 
  

   Upeneus 
  hitaeniatus 
  Bennett, 
  1831, 
  p. 
  59 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Mauritius). 
  

   Hypenexis 
  vittatus 
  Cantor, 
  1850, 
  p. 
  1017. 
  

   Upeneoides 
  vittatus 
  Gunther, 
  1859, 
  p. 
  397.— 
  Day, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  120, 
  pi. 
  30, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  

  

  Sauvage, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  219 
  (not 
  pi. 
  27, 
  fig. 
  2).— 
  Herre 
  and 
  Montalban, 
  1928, 
  p. 
  

  

  105, 
  pi. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   Upeneoides 
  caeruleus 
  Day, 
  1868b, 
  p. 
  194 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Madras); 
  1876, 
  p. 
  121. 
  . 
  

   Upeneoides 
  vittatus 
  Klunzinger, 
  1870, 
  p. 
  741 
  (error). 
  

   Upeneoides 
  philippinus 
  Fowler, 
  1918a, 
  p. 
  37, 
  fig. 
  15 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Philippines). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  studied. 
  — 
  One 
  hundred 
  fifty 
  specimens, 
  ranging 
  in 
  length 
  

   from 
  56 
  to 
  226 
  mm., 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  localities: 
  Zanzibar, 
  USNM 
  

   154172, 
  1 
  specimen, 
  67 
  mm., 
  received 
  from 
  British 
  Museum; 
  Mauri- 
  

   tius, 
  USNM 
  19956 
  and 
  19985, 
  19 
  specimens 
  collected 
  by 
  Col. 
  N. 
  Pike; 
  

   East 
  Indies, 
  USNM 
  72693, 
  88032, 
  88033, 
  145288, 
  and 
  145290, 
  6 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  Sumatra, 
  Java, 
  Borneo, 
  and 
  Bouro 
  Islands; 
  Philip- 
  

   pines, 
  32 
  USNM 
  collections, 
  93 
  specimens 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  

   Phihppine 
  Expedition, 
  The 
  Philippine 
  Commission, 
  Mearns 
  and 
  

   McGregor; 
  Japan, 
  Okinawa, 
  USNM 
  71679, 
  4 
  specimens, 
  collected 
  

   by 
  the 
  Albatross; 
  Marianas, 
  USNM 
  124088 
  and 
  139854, 
  7 
  specimens, 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Frey, 
  McElroy, 
  and 
  Markley; 
  Fiji 
  Island, 
  USNM 
  

   66070, 
  1 
  specimen; 
  Samoan 
  Islands, 
  3 
  USNM 
  collections, 
  10 
  speci- 
  

   mens; 
  Society 
  Islands 
  and 
  Tuamotus 
  Islands 
  (Low 
  Archipelago), 
  

   USNM 
  89045 
  and 
  133844, 
  3 
  specimens; 
  Marquesas 
  Islands, 
  USNM 
  

   89750, 
  6 
  specimens, 
  collected 
  b}^ 
  the 
  Pinchot 
  Expedition. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  YIIl-i,8(48) 
  the 
  first 
  spine 
  minute 
  (one 
  

   specimen 
  with 
  7 
  spines, 
  the 
  last 
  abnormally 
  small, 
  the 
  first 
  minute 
  and 
  

   typical); 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  16.1: 
  15 
  to 
  17 
  (68); 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  35.0: 
  

   33 
  to 
  37 
  (49); 
  scale 
  rows 
  above 
  lateral 
  line 
  3 
  (13); 
  scale 
  rows 
  below 
  

   lateral 
  line 
  6.9: 
  6 
  or 
  7 
  (23); 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  gilh-akers 
  28.2: 
  26 
  to 
  

   31 
  (68); 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  raker 
  in 
  longest 
  filament 
  averages 
  about 
  

   1.2 
  (6). 
  

  

  Peritoneum 
  dark 
  brown 
  to 
  silvery 
  brown 
  (in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  

   specimens 
  the 
  peritoneum 
  is 
  brownish 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  cast); 
  pre- 
  

   orbital 
  scales 
  absent; 
  barbels 
  extend 
  beyond 
  eye 
  but 
  not 
  beyond 
  

   preopercular 
  margin, 
  barbel 
  length 
  in 
  percent 
  of 
  head 
  length 
  46 
  to 
  65 
  

   (74 
  specimens); 
  third 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  equal 
  to 
  or 
  slightly 
  greater 
  than 
  

   second. 
  

  

  