Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 859 



each dorsal fin ; under parts of body pale. West Indies and Brazil, Key 

 West to Rio Janeiro ; generally common. A food-fish of some value, pret- 

 tily colored, (maculatus, spotted.) 

 Mnlltts )ii(icuhilnn, BLOCH, Ichthyologia, 348, 1793, Brazil. 

 Urpeneus nmotlatun, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 478, 1829; POEY, Memoriae, 



i, 223, 1851; GCNTIIER, Cat., i, 408, 1859; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 565, 1883. 

 MuUhiipeneus maeulatus, POEY, Synopsis, 307, 186S. 

 I'pentuspuncialM, CUVIEB & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 482, 1829, Martinique. 



1247. UPENEUS DENTATUS, Gill. 



Head 3| ; depth 4 ; eye moderate, 3 in head in adult ; snout 2|. D. 

 VII-I, 8; A. II, 6; scales 2-37-5. Teeth of upper jaw uniserial, of lower 

 biserial; teeth rather small, weaker than in Upeneus grandisquamis; bar- 

 bels extending nearly to vertical of preopercle. Scales very deciduous ; 

 second dorsal spine If in head. Color dusky above, sides bright rosy, 

 with broad red band extending from eye to caudal and suffusing caudal. 

 Length 1 foot. Pacific Coast of Mexico ; rare. Known from Cape San 

 Lucas, La Paz, and Tres Marias Islands, (dentatus, toothed.) 



TTpeneus dentatus, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 256, 1862, Cape San Lucas ; young. (Type, 

 No. 3699. Coll. Xantus.) JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 263 ; HALL & 

 McCAUGHAN, I c., 154, 1885 ; EVERMANN & JENKINS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1891, 157. 



1248. UPENEUS PARVUS, Poey. 



D. VII-I, 8; A. II, 6; scales 2i-40-6. Snout short and decurved; max- 

 illary reaching front of eye ; barbels reaching angle of preopercle, on 

 jaws only. Teeth conical, very small, on anterior part of jaws in two 

 series ; lateral teeth in a single series ; all the teeth obtusely conic and 

 distinct from each other. Vermilion above, fading into white below ; a 

 yellow longitudinal band along the side, with similar narrower streaks 

 below; ventrals and anal yellow; other fins whitish, with dusky cross 

 bands, 3 on first dorsal, 2 on second, and 5 on each caudal lobe. (Poey.) 

 Cuba. Known only from Poey's description, (parvus, small.) 

 Upeneus parvus, POEY, Memorias, i, 226, 1851, Cuba. 



1249. UPENEUS MARTINICUS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 (YELLOW GOATFISH ; SALMONETE AMARILLA.) 



Head 3; depth 4: eye 3i to 3|, large. D. VIII-I, 8; A. II, 6; scales 

 2i-37 to 39-7. Body moderately elongate ; anterior profile gibbous before 

 the eyes. Interorbital space flat, 3?- in head. Teeth on anterior part of 

 jaws in two irregular series ; lateral teeth in a single series ; all the teeth 

 obtusely conic, and distinct from each other; teeth on upper jaw turned 

 inward ; no teeth on vomer. Barbels reaching to vertical of preopercle, 

 1| in head. Longest dorsal spine H in head ; anal small. Color pale red, 

 deepening after death ; sides with a broad longitudinal band of bright 

 yellow; snout with yellow streaks ; vertical fins and patches on sides of 

 head bright yellow. Length 1 foot. West Indies, north to Key West; 

 generally common; a handsome fish, valued as food. 



