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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  103 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  parvus 
  Poey 
  

  

  Upeneus 
  parvus 
  Poey, 
  1853, 
  p. 
  226 
  (type 
  locality, 
  Cuba). 
  — 
  Poey, 
  1852, 
  pi. 
  17, 
  

  

  fig. 
  4.— 
  Norman, 
  1922, 
  p. 
  534.— 
  Longley 
  and 
  Hildebrand, 
  1941, 
  p. 
  142. 
  

   Upeneoides 
  parvus 
  Stahl, 
  1882, 
  pp. 
  76, 
  162. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  studied. 
  — 
  Six 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Western 
  Atlantic 
  

   ranging 
  in 
  length 
  from 
  68 
  to 
  119 
  mm., 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  localities: 
  

   Cuba, 
  USNM 
  37576, 
  collected 
  by 
  F. 
  Poey, 
  1885, 
  2 
  specimens; 
  Puerto 
  

   Kico, 
  Anasco 
  Bay, 
  USNM 
  128263 
  and 
  144555, 
  collected 
  by 
  V. 
  Barnes, 
  

   Jr., 
  1943-1944, 
  3 
  specimens; 
  Tortugas, 
  Fla., 
  USNM 
  92051, 
  collected 
  

   by 
  W. 
  H. 
  Longley, 
  1931, 
  1 
  specimen. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  VII-i,8, 
  the 
  first 
  spine 
  longest; 
  pectoral 
  

   rays 
  15.5: 
  15 
  to 
  16 
  (6); 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  37.2: 
  36 
  to 
  38 
  (4); 
  scale 
  

   rows 
  above 
  lateral 
  line 
  3: 
  (4) 
  ; 
  scale 
  rows 
  below 
  lateral 
  line 
  6.6: 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  

   (3); 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  gillrakers 
  27.4: 
  26 
  to 
  29 
  (6); 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  

   raker 
  on 
  longest 
  filament 
  about 
  1 
  .2 
  (4) 
  . 
  

  

  Peritoneum 
  light, 
  transparent 
  to 
  slightly 
  silvery; 
  preorbital 
  scales 
  

   present; 
  barbels 
  extend 
  to 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  preopercle; 
  barbel 
  

   length 
  in 
  percent 
  of 
  head 
  length 
  62 
  to 
  78 
  (6 
  specimens) 
  . 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  — 
  Head 
  and 
  body 
  light 
  tan. 
  One 
  specimen 
  shows 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  colored 
  median 
  stripe 
  on 
  body 
  and 
  possibly 
  a 
  finer 
  

   one 
  below 
  it. 
  Caudal 
  fin 
  with 
  dark, 
  oblique 
  bars, 
  more 
  pronounced 
  

   on 
  lower 
  lobe 
  ; 
  3 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  lobes 
  in 
  the 
  smaller 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  and 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  on 
  each 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  ones. 
  Traces 
  of 
  bars 
  or 
  

   marks 
  on 
  the 
  spinous 
  and 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  fins. 
  Remainder 
  of 
  fins 
  clear. 
  

   No 
  photograph 
  was 
  included 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  poor 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  Geographical 
  distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  localities 
  in 
  

   the 
  Western 
  Atlantic, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  apparently 
  rare: 
  Cuba, 
  Tobago 
  (Nor- 
  

   man, 
  1922), 
  Puerto 
  Rico, 
  and 
  Tortugas. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  In 
  Fowler's 
  description 
  of 
  Upeneus 
  phillipsi 
  (1918b, 
  p. 
  

   5, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  type 
  locality, 
  Corson's 
  Inlet, 
  Cape 
  May 
  County, 
  New 
  Jersey) 
  

   he 
  suggested 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  "allied, 
  if 
  not 
  identical" 
  with 
  Upeneus 
  

   parvus. 
  Examination 
  of 
  the 
  holotype 
  of 
  U. 
  phillipsi 
  Fowler 
  revealed 
  

   this 
  species 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  juvenile 
  specimen, 
  52 
  mm. 
  in 
  standard 
  length, 
  

   of 
  Mullus 
  auratus 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Gilbert. 
  

  

  Critical 
  generic 
  and 
  specific 
  characters 
  were 
  inaccurately 
  recorded 
  

   by 
  Fowler. 
  He 
  lists 
  and 
  figures 
  8 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  dorsal 
  fin; 
  states 
  

   that 
  the 
  dentition 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw 
  consists 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  low, 
  

   simple 
  teeth, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  vomer 
  and 
  palatines 
  have 
  fine 
  teeth; 
  lists 
  

   30 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  lateral 
  line 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  and 
  16 
  pectoral 
  rays. 
  

   I 
  find 
  7 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  dorsal 
  fin, 
  no 
  teeth 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw 
  and 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  vomer 
  and 
  palatines 
  coalesced 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  palatal 
  tooth 
  patch 
  

   which 
  is 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Mullus, 
  34 
  or 
  35 
  vertical 
  scale 
  

   rows 
  along 
  the 
  lateral 
  line 
  to 
  hypural 
  base, 
  and 
  15 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  for 
  

   each 
  fin. 
  

  

  