﻿GOATFISH 
  GENUS 
  UPENEUS 
  — 
  LACHNER 
  

  

  527 
  

  

  Blegvad 
  and 
  L0ppenthin 
  (1944, 
  p. 
  135) 
  attributed 
  the 
  differences 
  

   in 
  color 
  of 
  their 
  specimens, 
  when 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  

   Weber 
  and 
  de 
  Beaufort 
  (1931, 
  p. 
  368) 
  and 
  Day 
  (1876, 
  p. 
  121), 
  as 
  

   apparently 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  preserved 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  material. 
  This 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  so 
  in 
  part, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  realized 
  that 
  two 
  species 
  were 
  involved, 
  

   A 
  description 
  and 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  color 
  in 
  life 
  of 
  oligospilus 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  

   Blegvad 
  and 
  L0ppenthin 
  (op. 
  cit., 
  pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  3) 
  in 
  their 
  account 
  of 
  U. 
  

   tragula, 
  and 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  color 
  in 
  hfe 
  of 
  tragula 
  given 
  

   by 
  Herre 
  and 
  Montalban 
  (1928, 
  p. 
  100, 
  pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  2) 
  notable 
  differences 
  

   are 
  found. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  obvious 
  errors 
  in 
  both 
  illustrations, 
  such 
  

   as 
  the 
  diagrammatic 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  fins 
  of 
  tragula 
  by 
  

   Herre 
  and 
  Montalban, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  excessively 
  uniform 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  the 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  the 
  omission 
  of 
  the 
  dark 
  brown 
  saddle 
  

   just 
  posterior 
  to 
  the 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  fin. 
  The 
  illustration 
  of 
  Blegvad 
  and 
  

   L0ppenthin 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  much 
  of 
  an 
  artist's 
  touch 
  but 
  lacks 
  details. 
  

   No 
  pigmentation 
  is 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  spiny 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  

   by 
  them, 
  but 
  in 
  preserved 
  specimens 
  this 
  area 
  has 
  a 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  

   black 
  blotch. 
  The 
  salient 
  differences 
  of 
  color 
  in 
  life 
  between 
  oligospilus 
  

   and 
  tragula 
  as 
  recorded 
  by 
  the 
  above 
  authors 
  are 
  summarized 
  in 
  

   table 
  13. 
  

  

  Table 
  14. 
  

  

  -Measurements 
  of 
  Upeneus 
  oligospilus 
  expressed 
  in 
  

   thousandths 
  of 
  standard 
  length 
  

  

  Characters 
  

  

  Standard 
  length, 
  mm 
  

  

  Body: 
  

  

  depth.. 
  

  

  width 
  

  

  Head: 
  

  

  length.. 
  

  

  depth 
  

  

  Caudal 
  peduncle: 
  

  

  length 
  

  

  least 
  depth 
  

  

  Interorbital, 
  least 
  bony 
  width 
  

  

  Snout, 
  length 
  

  

  Orbit, 
  length 
  

  

  Upper 
  jaw, 
  length 
  

  

  Barbel, 
  length 
  

  

  Spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin, 
  depressed 
  length 
  

  

  Pectoral 
  fin, 
  length 
  

  

  Pelvic 
  fin, 
  length 
  

  

  Anal 
  fixi, 
  depressed 
  length 
  ._ 
  

  

  Tip 
  of 
  snout 
  to 
  origin 
  of 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin. 
  

   Tip 
  of 
  snout 
  to 
  origin 
  of 
  anal 
  fin 
  

  

  Holotype 
  llParatypes' 
  

  

  238 
  

   157 
  

  

  320 
  

   195 
  

  

  230 
  

   102 
  

  

  82 
  

   130 
  

  

  71 
  

   137 
  

   207 
  

   210 
  

   195 
  

   197 
  

   174 
  

   378 
  

   662 
  

  

  105 
  (70-160) 
  

  

  241 
  (213-261) 
  

   157 
  (136-173) 
  

  

  306 
  (280-323) 
  

   203 
  (184-241) 
  

  

  260 
  

   101 
  

  

  78 
  

   117 
  

  

  69 
  

   129 
  

   179 
  

   214 
  

   202 
  

   197 
  

   176 
  

   375 
  

  

  (247-277) 
  

  

  (93-107) 
  

  

  (74- 
  81) 
  

  

  (113-131) 
  

  

  (59- 
  78) 
  

  

  (119-139) 
  

  

  (152-204) 
  

  

  (194-236) 
  

  

  (167-217) 
  

  

  (160-216) 
  

  

  (166-196) 
  

  

  (366-390) 
  

  

  (610-697) 
  

  

  