120 ACANTHOPTERTGII. 



3. Upmeoides cceruleus, D. 7-8 | 9, A. 7, L. 1. 32-34. Air-vessel present. Leaden colour, bands on dorsals 

 and caudal. Madras. 



4. Upeneoides tragula, D. 7-8 | \, A. 7, L. 1. 30-32. Head and body with brown spots : a brown stripe 

 from eye to tlie base of the caudal : dorsal and caudal barred. East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



6. Upeneoides lemasi, D. 7 | |, A. i, L. 1. 30-32. Air-vessel absent. A silvery stripe from the eye to the 

 caudal fin, body with red spots : dorsal and upper lobe of caudal barred. Madras to the Malay Archipelago. 



6. Upeneoides tceniopterus, D. 7 | -f, A. 7. Air-vessel present. A large triangular reddish blotch on the 

 free portion of the tail : dorsal and caudal banded. Ceylon. 



1. Upeneoides vittatus, Plate XXX, fig. 2. 



Mullus vittatus, Forsk. Pauna Arab. p. 31 ; Gmel. Linn. p. 1341 ; Lacep. iii, pp. 382, 401, pi. 14, fig. 1 ; 

 Bl. Schn. p. 79 ; Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 616, t. 89. 



Mullus surmuletus, RusseL., ii, p. 43, fig. 168 {BamM gooli/oi/nda). 



Mullus subvittatus, Schleg. Fauna Japon. Poiss. p. 30. 



Vpeneus vittatus, Cuv. and Val. iii, p. 448 ; Ruppell, N. W. Fische, p. 101 ; Bleeker, Revis. Mull. p. 6. 



TJpeneus hitceniatus, Bennett. Proc. Zool. Soo. 1830-31, p. 59. 



Upeneoides vittatus, Bleeker, Amb. p, 42 ; Gunther, Catal. i, p. 397 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 27 ; Kner, 

 Novara Fische, p. 67 ; Klunz. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1870, p. 742. 



Gheerul, Mai. . Chah-ti-ing-ud-dah, Andam. 



B. iv, D. 8 I 1 P. 15-17, V. 1/5, A. i C. 15, L. 1. 38-39, L. tr. 2|-3/7, Ceec. pyl. 11, Vert. 7/17. 



Length of head 4/17, of caudal 1/5, height of body 4/17 to 2/9 of the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 3j to 3f of length of head, IJ diameters from end of snout, and 1 apart. Interorbital space nearly fiat. The 

 maxilla reaches to below the first third of the orbit. Barbels to below the angle of the preopercle or even 

 beyond. Teeth — ^in several vilUform rows in both jaws and palatines, and in a single one on the vomer. 

 Fins — spines of first dorsal weak, its first one minute, the second and third of nearly the same length, and 

 equal to two-thirds of the height of the body, and 1/3 higher than the second dorsal : six rows of scales 

 between the two dorsal fins ; origin of anal below the third or fourth dorsal ray, its spine minute : ventrals reach 

 rather above half-way to the anus : caudal somewhat deeply forked. Scales — ctenoid, extending over the head 

 to the snout, none on the preorbital bone : two rows between lateral-line and first dorsal fin, and three between 

 it and the second : those along the median line of the abdomen with a dull keel along their centres. Lateral- 

 line — in an arborescent form on each scale, especially anteriorly. Air-vessel — present. Odours — chestnut on 

 the back : golden below. Two or three bright yellow longitudinal bands along the sides : first dorsal fins black- 

 edged and with two blackish bands : pectoral pinkish edged with white : upper caudal lobe crossed by six 

 yellowish-brown bars having dark edges and a black tip, whilst on the lower lobe there are three oblique dark 

 bars and a white tip. 



Habitat.- — Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



2. Upeneoides sulphureus, Plate XXX, fig. 3. 



Upeneus sulphureus, Cuv. and Val. iii, p. 450 ; Bleeker, Revis. MuU. p. 4. 

 Upeneus Mvittatus, Cuv. and Val. vii, p. 620. 

 Hypeneus vittatus, var. Cantor, Catal. p. 36. 



Upeneoides hi/vittatus, Bleeker, Pero. p. 64 (in part) ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 702 (variety). 

 Upeneoides sulpJmreus, Bleeker, Act. Soc. Ned. ii, Amboina, p. 45 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 398 ; Kner 

 Novara Fische, p. 67. ' ' 



Upeneoides fasoiolatus, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 151. 



B. iv, D. 8 II, P. 16, V. 1/6, A. 7, C. 15, L. 1. 35-38, L. tr. 21/7. 



Length of head 1/4 to 5/21, of caudal 1/6, height of body 4^ to 2/9 of the total length, ^•ues— diameter 

 2/7 to 4/16 of length of head. If diameter from end of snout, and 1 apart. The maxilla reaches to below the first 

 third of the orbit. Interorbital space nearly fiat. Barbels reach to opposite the posterior edge of the orbit in the 

 young, but to nearly below the angle of the preopercle in the adult. Teeth— m. several villiform rows in both iaws 

 in an unmterrupted semilunar band on the vomer, and also present on the palate. JV/is— first dorsal spine verv 

 smaU, the third a Httle longer than the second or the fourth, and 3/4 the height of the body below it -six rows 

 of scales between the two dorsal fins : second dorsal 2/3 as high as the spinous : origin of anal below the second 

 or third dorsal ray : ventrals reach rather above half-way to the anus : caudal rather deeply forked Scales— 

 ctenoid, on the head extending as far forwards as the snout, none on the preorbital bone. Lateral Ivne—tnhea 

 in an arborescent form on each scale. Air-vessel— ahsent. Golow-s—ot a reddish-chestnut on the back becominff 

 silvery on the abdomen which m the adult is shaded with yellow. A purplish blotch on the opercle descendini 

 on to the subopercle. A brilhant golden stnpe, two-thirds as wide as a scale, passes from the orbit to the utmer 

 third of the taa, there are generaHy two or three more below and parallel with it, and in the lareer specimens a 

 light band passes along the row of scales above the lateral-line. First dorsal mUk-white edffed with blank 

 having two h4)rizontal yellow lines finely dotted with blq,ck : second dorsal with only one band • caudal red^h 



