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Variations: In most of the specimens the second spine of the dorsal is stiff and pungent. The 
barbels, although generally not reaching the posterior margin of preopercle, do so in some cases. In 
most cases the scales of the head do not extend below nostrils from top of head. 
This description is based on the type (field No. 212) 10.6 inches in length, and 17 cotypes, 5 with 
the type collected by me in 1889, 4 by Dr. Wood, 3 by Jordan & Snyder, and 4 by the Albatross. 
These examples range from 5 to 12 inches in length. (Type, No. 50705, U. S. N. M., Honolulu; 
coll. O. P. Jenkins.) 
105. Pseudupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepede). 
One specimen, 8.5 inches in length, was taken by me, and one, 9 inches in length (field No. 1339), 
by the Albatross in 1896. This species is so much confused with P. multifasciatus that its range is not 
well known. Gunther had specimens from Rarotonga, Savaii, and Solomon Islands. It was first 
described from the island of Bourbon, and is now certainly known to occur at the Hawaiian Islands. 
Muttus bifasciatus Lae£p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., lit, 404, pi. 14, fig. 2, 1801. 
Upeneus bifasciatus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., In, 468, 1829 (Isle of Bourbon); Gunther, Fisclie tier Siidsee, 
i, 59, pi'. 44, fig. A., 1873 (Rarotonga, Savaii, Solomon Islands). 
Upeneus trifasciatus (in part), Gunther, Cat., I, 407, 1859. 
Mullus trifasciatus Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 404, pi. 15, fig. 1, 1801. 
106. Pseudupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard ). “ Moano 
Color of fresh specimen (field No. 82), 8.5 inches long, whole body suffused with red; region over 
nape, eye, opercle, and to a short distance behind pectoral fin dusky; dusky band about 7 scales wide 
from posterior margin of first dorsal to middle of second dorsal (this band split by narrow band of 
ground-color affront of second dorsal) ; dusky band around caudal peduncle, back of middle; first 
dorsal red with dusky spot at tip; margin of second dorsal black; pectoral yellow; anal black with 
bluish blotches; ventrals dusky, suffused with red and with about 6 rather distinct light-bluish cross- 
bands; barbels red, with white tips; iris red. 
Seventeen examples, 4.25 to 8.25 inches in length, were taken by me, 4 by Dr. Wood, 4 by Jordan 
& Snyder, and 2 by the Albatross in 1896. 
This fish is very abundant at Honolulu and is a very important food-fish. 
Mullus multifasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Poiss., 330, Atlas, pi. 59, fig. 1, 1824, Oahu. 
Upeneus trifasciatus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 468, 1829 (Sandwich Islands, Caroline Islands); Streets, 
Bull. U. S. N. M., No. 7, 71, 1877 (Honolulu); Gunther, Voyage Challenger, Shore Fishes, 59 (Honolulu); Fowler, 
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 520 (Tahiti). 
Parupeneus multifasciatus (in part) Bleeker, Revision Insul. Mulloides, 20, 1874. 
Parupeneus multifasciatus, Bleeker, Atlas, IX, pi. 394 (Mull., pi. iv), fig. 4, 1877. 
Upeneus velifer Smith & Swain, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1882, 130, Johnston Island. (Type, No. 26822, U. S. N. M.) 
107. Pseudupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett). 
Color in life, upper part of body red, lower white; first dorsal, pectoral, caudal, and ventral red; 
second dorsal with a dusky spot on front portion, and with about 6 bright yellow lines running across 
fin parallel to axis of body when the fin is extended; a dusky spot, as large as eye, on body one scale 
below the dorsal line and just behind the vertical from posterior margin of first dorsal. 
Three specimens of this species, 6, 7.2, and 7.8 inches in length, were taken by me in 1889; four, 
5 to 6 inches, by Dr. Wood; and two, 5.5 and 6.25 inches, by Jordan & Snyder. 
Upeneus pleurostigma Bennett, Proc. Lond. Zool. Soc., I, 59, 1833; Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, I, 58, 1873 (Otaheiti, Apa- 
mana); Bleeker. Atlas, ix, pi. 393 (Mull., pi. hi), fig. 3. 
Upeneus brandesii Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., ii, 1851, 236, Banda Neira; Gunther, Cat., I, 407, 1859 (Sea of Banda Neira) . 
Parupeneus pleurostigma, Bleeker, Revision Insul. Mulloides, 29, 1874; Steindaehner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, i.xx, 1900, 
486 (Laysan). 
108. Upeneus urge Jordan & Evermann. 
Body white, 2 brown longitudinal stripes on body above lateral line; one orange-yellow stripe 
from eye to base of caudal, another similar from base of pectoral to base of caudal, reddish line from 
eye to nostril; first dorsal transparent with dusky blotches along outer margin; second dorsal same, 
the dusky blotches forming 3 oblique bars on the fin; caudal fin with white bars alternating with dark 
bars (black and brown); barbels bright yellow. 
