﻿GOATFISH 
  GENUS 
  UPENEUS 
  — 
  LACHNER 
  529 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  characters 
  were 
  also 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  specimen 
  : 
  

   total 
  number 
  of 
  gillrakers, 
  22 
  ; 
  barbels 
  extend 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  margin 
  

   of 
  preopercle; 
  peritoneum 
  light 
  colored 
  to 
  slightly 
  dusky; 
  2 
  barlike 
  

   marks 
  on 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  and 
  3 
  on 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  ; 
  caudal 
  fin 
  with 
  3 
  dark 
  

   oblique 
  bars 
  on 
  each 
  lobe 
  (tips 
  of 
  lobe 
  now 
  broken 
  off) 
  ; 
  a 
  salmon-col- 
  

   ored 
  stripe 
  on 
  body 
  along 
  lateral 
  line 
  and 
  prolonged 
  through 
  eye 
  with 
  

   coarse 
  flecks 
  of 
  salmon 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  sides 
  of 
  body 
  

   (observed 
  in 
  life 
  by 
  collector, 
  R. 
  J. 
  Phillips). 
  

  

  The 
  characters 
  given 
  above 
  clearly 
  place 
  TJ. 
  phillipsi 
  in 
  the 
  

   s3aionymy 
  of 
  Mullus 
  auratus. 
  

  

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