﻿GOATFISH 
  GENUS 
  UPENEUS 
  LACHNER 
  

  

  517 
  

  

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

   above 
  and 
  lighter 
  tan 
  to 
  silvery 
  below; 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  faint, 
  dark, 
  

   horizontal 
  stripes 
  situated 
  dorsolaterally 
  above 
  middle 
  of 
  body. 
  

  

  Spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  with 
  two 
  blackish 
  horizontal 
  bars, 
  one 
  on 
  outer 
  

   and 
  one 
  near 
  middle 
  of 
  fin; 
  the 
  outer 
  bar 
  passes 
  through 
  outer 
  third 
  of 
  

   2nd 
  to 
  5th 
  spines, 
  and 
  is 
  colored 
  an 
  intense 
  black; 
  a 
  whitish 
  bar 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  these 
  bars; 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  with 
  three 
  dusky 
  to 
  black 
  bars 
  or 
  marks, 
  

   a 
  short 
  mark 
  near 
  the 
  posterior 
  basal 
  area, 
  a 
  long 
  horizontal 
  bar 
  at 
  

   middle 
  of 
  fin 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  dusky 
  tip 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  to 
  3rd 
  rays; 
  caudal 
  

   fin 
  with 
  oblique, 
  dusky 
  to 
  black 
  bars, 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe 
  and 
  2 
  or 
  

   3 
  on 
  the 
  lower; 
  sometimes 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  longest 
  (outer) 
  rays 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  lobe 
  are 
  slightly 
  touched 
  in 
  black 
  (these 
  I 
  have 
  considered 
  as 
  a 
  

   bar 
  in 
  my 
  counts) 
  ; 
  outer 
  bar 
  on 
  lower 
  lobe 
  with 
  more 
  intense 
  black 
  

   and 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  other 
  bars 
  on 
  caudal; 
  this 
  particular 
  bar 
  never 
  

   at 
  tip 
  of 
  lower 
  lobe 
  (only 
  one 
  specimen 
  with 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  lobe 
  

   touched 
  in 
  blackish, 
  see 
  table 
  9); 
  two 
  nearly 
  horizontal 
  bars 
  extend 
  

   from 
  near 
  fork 
  of 
  caudal 
  to 
  areas 
  just 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  midbase 
  of 
  

   fin 
  and 
  were 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  counts 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  oblique 
  

   bars 
  of 
  the 
  caudal 
  fin; 
  pectorals, 
  pel 
  vies, 
  and 
  anal 
  fins 
  transparent. 
  

  

  Table 
  9. 
  — 
  Relationship 
  of 
  number 
  of 
  bars 
  on 
  caudal 
  fin 
  with 
  increase 
  in 
  body 
  

   length, 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  chin 
  barbel 
  by 
  four 
  size-groups 
  in 
  Upeneus 
  vittatus 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  in 
  mm. 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  bars 
  on 
  lobes 
  of 
  

   caudal 
  fln 
  

  

  Upper 
  3 
  

   Lower 
  2 
  

  

  Upper 
  4 
  Upper 
  4 
  

   Lower 
  2 
  Lower 
  3 
  

  

  50-74... 
  

   75-99... 
  

   100-124 
  

   125-149 
  

   150-174 
  

   175-199 
  

   200-224 
  

  

  Geographical 
  distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  widely 
  ranging 
  species, 
  occurring 
  from 
  

   the 
  Red 
  Sea 
  eastward 
  through 
  the 
  East 
  Indies 
  and 
  islands 
  of 
  Oceania 
  

   to 
  the 
  Low 
  Archipelago, 
  and 
  reported 
  from 
  Japan 
  southward 
  to 
  

   Australia. 
  Fowler 
  (1933, 
  pp. 
  334-335) 
  has 
  given 
  an 
  almost 
  complete 
  

   Ust 
  of 
  references, 
  but 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  include 
  only 
  lists 
  of 
  species 
  and 
  

   such 
  records 
  cannot 
  be 
  accurately 
  appraised. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  not 
  

   been 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  and 
  Johnston 
  Islands. 
  

  

  