MTJLLID.E. 29 



golden baud, rather above one scale in width, from hind edge of 

 eye to middle of base of caudal. Pins flesh-coloured, a yellow band 

 along base of second dorsal ; lower lobe of caudal grey. 



Bab. Eed Sea, through the seas of India to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago and beyond. 



3. Genus UPENEUS, Cuv. & Val. 

 Syn. Mullupeneus, Poey; Parupmeus, Bleeker (1874). 

 Only a single row of teeth in either jaw, the palate is eden- 

 tulous. 



Geographical Distribution. Eed Sea, Indian Ocean, and beyond. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. Last dorsal and anal rays produced 1. U. macronema, p. 29. 



B. Last rays not produced. 



a. A black lateral band , 2. U. barber inns, p. 30. 



b. One or more dark vertical bands from 



between dorsals 3. U. multifasciatus, p. 30. 



c. Golden spots on manv scales. 



Eyes 6 in length of head 4. U. luteus, p. 31. -/ 



Eyes 4 in length of head 5. U. displiurus, p. 81. 



d. Large Wack spot on side of tail and, in 



life, a golden blotch on side ; no lateral 



band 6. U. indicus, p. 32. 



e. Vermilion, barbels rosy 7. U. cinnabarinus, p. 33. 



763. (1.) Upeneus macronema. (Fig. 12.) 



Mullus macronema, Lacep. iii, pp. 383, 404, pi. 13, fig. 2. 



Upeneus macronemus, Day, Fish. India, p. 123, pi. xxxi, fig. 1 (see 



synon.). 

 Khorji, Arabi. 



D. 8/9. P. 16. A. 7. C. 15. L. 1. 29-30. L. tr. 2|/7. 



Length of head 3| to 4, height of body 4 to 4^ in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 5 in length of head, 2| diam. from end 

 of snout, and 1 apart. Lips thick. Opercular spine rather 

 strong. Fins first spine of dorsal short, the third and fourth 

 subequal, and nearly or quite twice as high as the anterior dorsal 

 rays ; last dorsal and anal rays elongate ; ventral a little longer 

 than pectoral. Scales three rows between the dorsal fins. No 

 enlarged pores on the snout. Lateral line with several short 

 bifurcations posteriorly. Colour a black band from the snout 

 through the eye, at first just below the lateral line, subsequently 

 upon it, and ending below the end of the soft dorsal; a black 

 blotch at the base of the caudal fin ; these two marks are divided 

 by a light oblique vertical band which passes over the free portion 

 of the tail just behind the second dorsal fin ; some golden spots on 

 the scales along the sides of the body. A purplish stripe from eye 

 to snout. First dorsal with its lower half purple, becoming blacker 



