Yellow Goatfish ; Salmonete Amarilla 



it is used extensively as a food-fish. It reaches a length of about 

 10 inches. 



Head 3^; depth 3-^; eye 4 to 5; snout i$; maxillary 3-^5 man- 

 dible 2|; interorbital 3|; preorbital 3^; D. VII-I, 8; A. II, 7; pectoral 

 i; ventral if; caudal i; scales 3-30-5. Body little compressed, 

 tapering posteriorly to the long caudal peduncle; snout very long; 

 mouth small, maxillary not nearly reaching eye; throat with 2 

 long barbels, reaching to margin of preopercle or beyond. Colour, 

 red above, merging into light yellow on the sides, becoming pale- 

 greenish below; oblique bluish streaks on head; several longitudinal 

 rows of light blue round spots, much smaller than pupil, on side, 

 the 2 rows above lateral line plainest; about 4 diffuse blotches 

 of darker red on the side; spinous dorsal light red at base, yellowish 

 outwardly; soft dorsal pale bluish, with some light yellow on 

 membranes and red on middle rays; pectoral chiefly yellow, with 

 red on rays; ventrals pale blue, with streaks of red and yellow 

 on first rays; barbels pink near base, yellow distally. 



Upenens dentatus is a rare species known only from Cape 

 San Lucas, La Paz, Guaymas, and Tres Marias Islands. Colour, 

 dusky above, sides bright rosy, a broad red band extending from 

 eye to caudal. It reaches a foot in length. 



Upeneus parciis is another rare species, known only from 

 Cuba. Colour, vermilion above, fading to white below; a yellow 

 band along side, with similar narrower streaks below; ventrals 

 and anal yellow; other fins pale, with dusky cross-bands, 3 on 

 first dorsal, 2 on second, and 5 on each caudal lobe. 



Yellow Goatfish; Salmonete Amarilla 



Upeneus martinicus Cuvier & Valenciennes 



This species occurs from Florida southward among the West 

 Indies, it being known from Key West, Jamaica, Cuba, Martinique, 

 and Porto Rico, about which last island it is less common than 

 the red goatfish. It reaches 12 inches in length and is a good 

 food-fish. 



Resembling U. maculatns in form, but with slightly larger 

 eye, smaller scales and weaker teeth which are arranged in more 

 than one series. Colour, pale-blue and pink or pale-red, the latter 

 chiefly above, the blue below; a straight yellow band from eye 

 to base of upper caudal rays; a black vertical bar at base of caudal; 

 head with yellow streaks and reddish patches; pectorals red; 

 ventrals, anal, and caudal reddish near base, outer part yellow; 

 dorsals yellow, plainest near tips. These colours fade in 'spirits. 



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