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181. Mulloides japonicus (Houttuyn). 



Four specimens from Bulan (no. 3901 to 3904; length 4.75 in.). Head 3.5 in length; depth 3.85; scales 

 30; 3 or 4 dusky oblique bands on caudal, almost obliterated on lower lobe, an indistinct dusky line on side 

 from head to caudal. 



No difference can be detected in these specimens when compared with specimens from Japan. 



.Vullux japonicus Houttuyn, Verb. HoU. Maat. Weet. Haarlem, xx., deels, 2 stuk, 1782, p. 311-346, Nagasaki. 

 Mulloides japonicus, Giinther, Cat., i, 404; Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxxi, 1906, 652 (Miaaki). 

 Upeneus japonicus, Cuvier & Valenoiemies, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 339 (460), 1829 (Japan). 



182. Upeneus tragula Richardson. 



Three specimens from Bacon (no. 3634 to 3636; length 5.25 to G.5 in.). 



Upeneus tragula Richardson, Ichth. China, in Rept. Brit. Assoc., xv, 1846, 220, Canton; Giinther, Cat., i, 398. 



183. Upeneus sulphurus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Belague. 



Six specimens from San Fabian (no. 3921; length 3.5 in.). 



Upeneus sulphurus Cuvier it Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 331 (4.50), Antjer. 

 Upeneoides sulphureus, Giinther, Cat., i, 398. 



184. Upeneus stindaicus (Bleeker). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3201; length 5.1 in.). Head 3.5 in length; depth 3.75; eye 4 in head; 

 interorbital 4; scales 2-32-5; dorsal viii, 9; anal ii, 6; teeth in villiform bands on jaws, palatines, and 

 vomer, those on vomer very minute, easily overlooked, possibly sometimes absent. Color in spirits yellowish, 

 an indistinct dark longitudinal line from eye to caudal; fins unmarked. 



Upeneoides «andaicMS Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., vni, 18.W, 411, East Indies, and Atlas, ix, pi. cccxciv,flg. 2; Giinther, 

 Cat., 1,399. 



185. Pseudupeneus moana Jordan & Scale. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3249; length 9 in.). 



Upeneus trifasciatus Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 59, pi. 44, fig. b (Vavau; Samoa; Amboyna); not of LacdpSde 

 Pseudupeneus moana Jordan & Seale, Fishes of Samoa, Bull. Bu. Fisheries, xxv, 1906 (1906), 274, Samoa. 



186. Pseudupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepfede). Pinocugnan. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3275; length 8.75 in.). 



Mullus bifasciatus Lac^p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., m, 404, pi. 14, flg. 2, 1801, no locality. 



Pseudupeneus bifasciatus, Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., xxm, 1903, 258, flg. 107 (Hawaiian Islands) 



187. Pseudupeneus barberinus (Lacepfede). 



One specimen from San Fabian (no. 3972; length 5.2 in.) and one from Bacon (no. 38,S6 ; length 4.75 in.). 



Mullus barberinus Lacdp6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 406, pi. 13, flg. 3, 1801. 

 Upeneus barberinus, Giinther, Cat., i, 405 (Amboyna; Moluccas: India). 



188. Pseudupeneus indicus (Shaw). Tiao. 



Three specimens from Bacon (no. 3615, 3616, and 41(18: length 5.5 to 6.5 in.) and one from Bulan 

 (no. 3672; length 7.75 in.). 



Mullus indicus Shaw, Zool., iv, pt. 2, 614, 1803, Indian Seas. 

 Upeneus indicus, Giinther, Cat., i, 406 (China). 



189. Pseudupeneus spilurus (Bleeker). 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3861; length 4 in.). This species has a distinct black spot on caudal 

 peduncle above the lateral line and a dusky blotch at the anterior origin of lateral line. 

 Upeneus spilurus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., vi, 395, 1864, Nagasaki; Giinther, Cat., i, 406. 



