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BULLETIN <>E THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
No. 03356 (somewhat faded), from Honolulu, 7 inches long, in life was purplish olivaceous; upper 
parts darker, lower parts palest; 2 short blue lines above eye, 3 paler blue ones extending backward 
from eye to posterior edge of opercle, 3 similar lines extending forward from eye, the lower one longest, 
all these separated by brassy yellow lines of similar width and length, a brassy yellow line from upper 
end of premaxillary to'lower edge of eye, where it is slightly interrupted by blue, then continuing 
across opercle; below this a broader bluish stripe, below which is another brassy yellow one, followed 
by an indistinct blue stripe and that by a faint yellow one on middle of cheek; tip of premaxillary 
brassy; side above lateral line with 2 series of small blue spots; below lateral line 2 or 3 indistinct 
series of yellowish spots, these plainest above pectoral; rich reddish orange saddle on anterior portion 
of caudal peduncle reaching lateral line on each side, the lower series of blue spots faintly evident 
through its base; opercle mixed purplish, brassy, bluish, and brownish, ■edge bluish below, brownish 
above; spinous dorsal with rays purplish, membranes pale dusky; soft dorsal dark purplish at base, 
the outer third with about 5 curved narrow brassy lines, separated by similar purplish ones; caudal 
dark purplish; anal pale purplish with about 4 greenish yellow stripes; pectoral dull rosy; ventrals 
with rays pale purplish or bluish, membranes slightly yellowish; barbels grayish, tips yellow; iris 
yellow. A specimen (No. 03466) from I-Iilo had in life the ground-color purplish rose inclining to red 
rather than to tire usual livid purplish lead-color; about!) faint violet crimson streaks along the rows 
of scales, these streaks separated by orange radiating from eye; barbels flesh-color, then livid bluish, 
then whitish; back of tail bright golden shaded with orange; dorsal livid purplish, rays violet; second 
dorsal blackish purple at base with oblique stripes of golden olive on violet above; caudal dirty violet, 
the membranes olive, the rays violet; anal pale violet with oblique streaks of golden olive; ventrals 
light violet and olive; pectoral reddish flesh-color, a curved darker bar at base; iris red. Another 
large specimen from Ililo in life was very bright violet gray blue; the caudal brilliant blackish violet. 
Color in spirits (No. 3850), dirty white or light olivaceous on back and upper part of side; lower 
part of side and belly clearer white; head rusty, evidence of a dark bar across caudal peduncle and 
one under soft dorsal; top of caudal peduncle with a large white area; spinous dorsal, pectoral and 
ventrals, uniform pale; soft dorsal pale, crossed by about 5 narrow oblique darker bands; anal similar, 
the markings more obscure; caudal somewhat yellowish. 
Color in spirits of another example (No. 02920), head and body rather uniform olivaceous brown, 
darkest on back, palest on belly; tip of snout dark, cheeks somewhat lighter; caudal peduncle ante¬ 
riorly with a large white saddle; dorsal, caudal, and anal tins all blue-black; ventrals somewhat paler; 
pectorals pale. 
Our collection contains 18 specimens of this species 3 to 15 inches long, and we have examined 6 
specimens collected by Dr. Jenkins and I)r. Wood. This species is generally abundant in the markets, 
where its livid purplish colors contrast strongly with those of the other species. 
Mullus chn/scrydros Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 406, 1801, lie de France. 
? Srhrnd ciliatd Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 308,1802, no locality. 
? Mullusradiatus Shaw, General Zool., 618, 1803, after M. chryseredrofi Indian seas. 
I'pcnms chrysrn/dros. Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 470, 1829 (lie de France; Hawaiian Islands; Bourbon; 
Coromandel). 
Upnneus iminuciUalus Bennett, Proc. Committee Zool. Soe. London for 1830, 60, Mauritius. 
I'pcneus lutcus Guerin-Meneville, Ieonog. Regne Animal, IV, pi. 10. tig. 4, 1830-1844. 
!'pninuijo.‘!P'i'phahi8 Bleeker, Act. Soe. Sei. Ind. Neerh, I, 4856, 45, Manado; Gunther, Cat., I, 409, 1859 (Seaof Manado.) 
Mullus oxyccphulus , Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 41,1866 (Zanzibar; Mauritius; Sea of Manado). 
Upeneus chryscrythrus, Gunther, Fisehe de.r Siidsee, III, 60, pi. 45, fig. A, 1875 (Polynesia). 
Parupeneus cydostdiuvs, Steindaehner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wi<.n, LUX, 1900, 486 (Honolulu); not of Lacepede. 
Pseudnpcntus rhrysrrydros, Jenkins, Bull. XJ. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 454 (Honolulu); Snyder, op. eit. 
(Jan. 19, 1904), 527 (Honolulu). 
198. Pseudupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard). “Moano.” Plate X XII. 
Head 3.2 in length; depth 3.5; eye 6.25 in head; snout 1.8; interorbital 3.75; maxillary 2.4, 
maxillary to eye 4.4; D. vm-9; A. 7; scales 3-29-5. 
Body rather short and deep, much compressed; the hack little elevated, the ventral outline com¬ 
paratively straight; head rather large; snout, long and projecting; mouth large, slightly oblique, lower 
jaw included; maxillary very broad at tip; teeth rather large, wide-set in a single row in each jaw, 
none on vomer or palatines; eye small, in posterior half of head; barbels long, reaching nearly to 
