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D. 8/9. P. 17. A. 7. L. 1. 30-32. L. tr. 2/7. Vert. 10/14. 



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

 length. Eyes diameter 5 to 6 in length of head, 3| diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1^ apart. Interorbital space very convex. The 

 maxilla, which is very broad posteriorly, reaches a little above half- 

 way below the orbit. Barbels extend 1 diameter of orbit behind 

 posterior edge of: preopercle. Fins first spine of dorsal minute, 

 third the longest, and twice as high as the anterior dorsal rays ; 

 three rows of scales between bases of dorsal fins. Anal commences 

 on vertical below third or fourth dorsal ray. Lateral line tubes 

 arborescent posteriorly. " Colour purplish, a black horizontal band 

 usually exists on the snout, and is continued through the eye 

 sometimes to a good distance behind it. Two or three wide black 

 bands descend from the dorsals or the interspace between them to 

 the middle of the body ; these bands are sometimes united into one, 

 sometimes split up into several. There is usually a third band 

 over the free portion of the tail or a spot on the side of its base. 

 Second dorsal, anal, and sometimes the outer half of the ventral 

 finely banded; occasionally a dark basal band exists on the second 

 dorsal. 



Hob. Seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



766. (4.) Upeneus luteus. 



Upeneus luteus, Cuv. # Val II. N. Poiss. vii, p. 521 ; Day, Fish 

 India, p. 125, pi. xxxi, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



D. 8/9. P. 15. A. 7. 0.15. L. 1. 30. L. tr. 2/7. 



Length of head 4, height of body 4 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 6^- in length of head, 3| diam. from end of snout, and 

 If apart. Barbels with roughened elevations along their whole 

 length and extending to a little behind the posterior edge of the 

 preopercle. Fins first spine of dorsal minute, the third and 

 fourth the longest, and nearly twice as high as the anterior dorsal 

 rays ; three rows of scales between bases of dorsal fins. Lateral 

 line the branches of the tubes very short but numerous. Colour 

 reddish, the edges of the scales somewhat the darkest. A broad 

 purplish band, having a light yellow edge on either side, goes from 

 the eye to the snout ; three narrow yellow bands across the opercle. 

 Outer edge of preopercle purplish. The centre of each scale on 

 body, except first thirteen of lateral line, has a golden spot ; 

 abdomen yellowish. Second dorsal and anal with from three to 

 five bluish longitudinal lines. 



Hob. East coast of Africa and seas of India ; attaining at least 

 a foot in length. 



767. (5.) Upeneus dispilurus. 



Mull us dispilurus, Playfaii-, Fish. Zanzibar, p. 41, pi. v, fig. 4 (not 3), 



adult. 

 Upeneus displurus, Day, Fish. India, p. 125, pi. xxxi, fig. 3 (see 



synon.). 



