﻿GOATFISH 
  GENUS 
  UPENEUS 
  — 
  LACHNER 
  519 
  

  

  7 
  (6); 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  gillrakers 
  22.3:21 
  to 
  24(11); 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  

   raker 
  in 
  longest 
  filament 
  1.5 
  to 
  1.7 
  (4). 
  

  

  Peritoneum 
  transparent; 
  preorbital 
  scales 
  absent; 
  barbels 
  extend 
  

   beyond 
  eye 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  preopercular 
  margin 
  and 
  barbel 
  length 
  in 
  

   percent 
  of 
  head 
  length 
  64 
  to 
  74 
  (10 
  specimens); 
  second 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  

   equal 
  to 
  or 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  third. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  — 
  Head, 
  body, 
  and 
  barbels 
  light 
  tan 
  to 
  pale 
  above, 
  

   hghter 
  on 
  chin 
  and 
  beUy; 
  two 
  very 
  faint 
  horizontal 
  stripes 
  on 
  body, 
  

   dusky 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  about 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  pupil 
  ; 
  one 
  stripe 
  is 
  located 
  dorso- 
  

   laterally 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  medially. 
  

  

  Spinous 
  dorsal 
  with 
  some 
  dusky 
  on 
  outer 
  membrane, 
  remainder 
  

   clear 
  or 
  faintly 
  dusky, 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  with 
  thi-ee 
  narrow, 
  transverse 
  bars 
  

   colored 
  diffuse 
  brown; 
  pectoral, 
  pelvic, 
  and 
  anal 
  fins 
  clear; 
  caudal 
  fin 
  

   with 
  6 
  oblique 
  brown 
  to 
  black 
  bars 
  on 
  upper 
  lobe 
  and 
  5 
  on 
  lower 
  

   lobe; 
  lobes 
  tipped 
  in 
  brownish 
  black; 
  the 
  outer 
  two 
  bars 
  on 
  lower 
  

   lobe 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  those 
  on 
  upper 
  lobe; 
  two 
  nearly 
  horizontal 
  

   streaks 
  near 
  fork 
  of 
  caudal, 
  just 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  median 
  line. 
  

  

  Geographical 
  distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands 
  and 
  various 
  island 
  

   groups 
  of 
  Oceania. 
  Our 
  specimens 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  and 
  Phoenix 
  

   Islands. 
  Fowler 
  (1928, 
  p. 
  227) 
  reports 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  Palmyra, 
  

   Caroline, 
  and 
  Gilbert 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Fowler 
  (1928, 
  p. 
  227) 
  conjectured 
  that 
  U. 
  arge 
  "may 
  

   eventually 
  be 
  found 
  inseparable" 
  with 
  U. 
  vittatus. 
  He 
  pointed 
  out 
  

   that 
  vittatus 
  has 
  slightly 
  smaller 
  scales 
  than 
  arge 
  but 
  he 
  overlooked 
  

   such 
  trenchant 
  characters 
  as 
  the 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  peri- 
  

   toneum, 
  number 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  rays, 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  giUrakers. 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  luzonius 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Scale 
  

  

  Plate 
  14, 
  Figure 
  B 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  luzonius 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Seale, 
  1907, 
  p. 
  25, 
  fig. 
  9 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Cavite). 
  — 
  

  

  Weber 
  and 
  de 
  Beaufort, 
  1931, 
  p. 
  372.— 
  FoAvler, 
  1933, 
  p. 
  325, 
  fig. 
  2S. 
  

   Upeneus 
  sundaicus 
  Evennann 
  and 
  Seale, 
  1907, 
  p. 
  88. 
  

  

  Upeneoides 
  luzonius 
  Seale, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  279. 
  — 
  Herre 
  and 
  Montalban, 
  1928, 
  p. 
  97, 
  pi. 
  

   1, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   Specimens 
  studied. 
  — 
  Sixteen 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines 
  ranging 
  

   in 
  length 
  from 
  25 
  to 
  119 
  mm., 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  Islands: 
  Panay, 
  

   USNM 
  106829, 
  102649, 
  106793, 
  106846, 
  and 
  154201, 
  7 
  specimens; 
  

   Luzon, 
  USNM 
  53067 
  (cotypes) 
  and 
  138658, 
  5 
  specimens; 
  Linapacan, 
  

   USNM 
  138659, 
  3 
  specmiens, 
  USNM 
  154200, 
  1 
  specimen. 
  

  

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

   pectoral 
  rays 
  14.1:14 
  to 
  15 
  (10); 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  31.3:31 
  to 
  32 
  

   (8) 
  ; 
  scale 
  rows 
  above 
  lateral 
  line 
  3 
  (5) 
  ; 
  scale 
  rows 
  below 
  lateral 
  line 
  

   6 
  (5); 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  gillrakers 
  20.4:19 
  to 
  22 
  (9); 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  

   raker 
  in 
  longest 
  filament 
  averages 
  about 
  1.5 
  (5). 
  

  

  