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753. Pseudupeneus moana Jordan & Seale, new species. Moana; Moaga; Maga (juv. ); Moana 

 faiava. Samoa. 

 Upeneus trifasciatus Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, 59, taf. XLIV, fig. B, Vavau, Samoa, Amboina; not of Lacepede. 

 Upeneus multifasciatus Seale, Bishop Museum, I, 71, 1901, Guam; not of Quoy & Gaimard. 

 Parupcneus multifasciatus Bleeker, Mulloides, 20, 1874; Atlas, Mulloides, tab. iv, fig. 4. 



Head 3 in length to base of caudal; depth 3.25; eye 6.10 in head; interorbital 3.75; maxillary 3 

 in head, its distal width greater than eye, its posterior end not reaching below anterior margin of eye 

 by at least two-thirds width of eye; dorsal vin-9; anal 7; scales 2-32-6; barbels long, reaching to 

 second row of scales in front of ventrals. 



Body oblong, compressed, deepest at origin of spinous dorsal; depth of caudal peduncle 2 in its 

 length; body and head scaled; lips wide; teeth in a single row in each ja.w, no teeth on vomer or 

 palatines; preopercle entire; a short flat opercular spine; gill-rakers slim and sharp, 25 on lower limb, 

 the longest slightly more than one-half width of eye; only two complete rows of scales between the 

 dorsal fins; height of spinous dorsal 1.35 in head, its base 1.90; base of soft dorsal 1.95 in head; its 

 last ray usually elongate, reaching to base of caudal; pectoral 1.35 in head; ventral 1.20 in head; base 

 of anal 2.50 in head; its posterior ray somewhat prolonged, 1.95 in head; caudal 1.35 in head. 



Color in spirits, upper half of body brownish with wash of purple, yellowish white below; a 

 broad saddle of black on caudal peduncle; another broad black band from anterior half of soft dorsal; 

 between these two is a bright yellow area, about as wide as the posterior black band; a narrow black 

 band between the two dorsals, the yellow lines bordering on its posterior and anterior margins being 

 narrow, about one scale in width; abroad, black band from anterior two-thirds of spinous dorsal; 

 another black band in front of spinous dorsal, making in all five black vertical bands on the sides; all 

 of these bands fade out a little below the axis of the body; there is a dusky blotch posterior to eye 

 extending more or less distinctly upon nuchal region; a dusky line through eye and along sides of 

 snout; spinous dorsal dusky; soft dorsal dusky at base with yellow margin, and some 4-5 narrow 

 intermarginal lines of alternating light and dusky; the last ray of dorsal is entirely deep black; caudal 

 dusky, with black upper and lower margins; anal yellowish with 4 intermarginal longitudinal lines of 

 dusky; pectoral yellow; ventral yellow, the outer rays bluish. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, dirty purplish red mottled with black and yellow, with 4 

 darker cross-bands; lower side of head wine red; barbels purplish; dorsal clouded dusky; second 

 dorsal with blue and yellow streaks at tip; caudal dirty brown, edged with black above and below; 

 anal pale violet, and with 4 violet and 4 light yellow streaks; ventral red with a purple-black edge; 

 pectoral bright golden orange. Adult. 



Another specimen from Apia, called moana, was olive, with golden edges and bluish base to scales; 

 five blackish cross-bands; a black blotch behind eye; first dorsal dusky, second golden blackish 

 at base, streaked above with bluish; caudal golden, covered with fine bluish streaks; anal dusky; 

 ventral dusky; pectoral yellowish; barbels golden. 



This species, common in the East Indies and in the South Seas, seems never to have received a 

 distinctive specific name. The name trifasciatus certainly belongs to Pseudupeneus bifasciatus, while 

 that of multifasciatus was given to the common moana of the Hawiian Islands. 



Twenty-five specimens from Apia. The type is no. 51737, U. S. National Museum, length 8.55 

 inches. 



The species is known from Samoa, Guam, Tahiti, Vavau, New Guinea (Macleay), Mangareva, 

 Rarotonga, New Hebrides, Tubuai, and Nukahiva (Seale); also from East Indies. 



754. Pseudupeneus atrocingulatus (Kner). Moana; Moaga. Samoa (Gunther); Vavau; Amboina. 

 Upeneus atrocingulatus Kner, xxi, 443. Gunther, Fisehe der Siidsee, 59, as var. C of U. trifasciatus, Samoa, Vavau, 



Amboina. 

 This species is close to Pseudupeneus moana, but the coloration is different from any specimen 

 seen by us. We therefore regard it as a different species. 



755. Pseudupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepede). Matalau uliuli; Maga (young). Hawaii; Samoa; 



Rarotonga; Caroline Is.; Solomon Is; Marcus I. 

 (Mullus bifasciatus and Mullus trifasciatus Lacepede.) 

 This species is common both at Hawaii and Samoa, where it reaches a large size, and is highly 

 valued as food. It is easily distinguished from related species by the two or three broad cross-shades, 

 one under each dorsal. 



