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Carangidae (Jacks and Pompanos) 
Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855 (Fig. 123) 
Material.— CAS 236410 (165 mm FL, DC-1491); HEPD-022, otter trawl in 115-144 m. 
Remarks.— Widely distributed, deeper-water schooling species usually found in depths of 100 to 300 m. 
Known distribution from western Indian Ocean and western Pacific from Japan south to Philippines, 
Indonesia and Australia. Our HEPD specimens were taken in an otter trawl in bottom depths of 63-79 m. 
It is most likely to be confused with D. nisseUi but differs in having slightly fewer gill rakers on first arch 
(36-41 total vs. 41-53 total) and reddish C (vs. hyaline to dusky brown). 
Lutjanidae (Snappers) 
Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1832) (Fig. 124) 
Material.— CAS 236418 (87.7 mm SL, DC-1496); HEPD-022, otter trawl in 115-144 m. 
Remarks.— A common, wide-ranging species of the Indo-West Pacific; found over rocky bottoms in 70-350 
m. 
Nemipteridae (Threadfin Breams) 
Nemipterns bathybius Snyder, 1911 (Fig. 125) 
Material.— CAS 236018 (100 mm SL, DC-1484) and CAS 236408 (162 mm SL); HEPD-022, otter trawl 
in 115-144 m. CAS 236025 (134 mm SL, DC-1521); HEPD-028, beam trawl in 115-124 m. 
Remarks. — A common commercial species in the western Pacific, ranging from southern Japan to northern 
Australia, Indonesia, and into the westernmost Indian Ocean, in depths of 42-300 m. Nemipterus species 
are often difficult to distinguish because of their overall similarities in counts and proportional measure¬ 
ments. Live color pattern is often the best feature one can use to identify specimens, and we are fortunate 
that David Catania (CAS) took color photographs of almost all the species collected during the HEPD 
cruise. His photographs of tliese specimens allowed us to identify them with high confidence. 
Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes, 1830) 
Material.— CAS 235632 (4, 97.6-143.8 mm SL); HEPD-022, otter trawl in 115-144 m. 
Remarks.— Widespread in Indo-West Pacific. 
Nemipterus virgatus (Houttuyn, 1782) 
Material.— CAS 235633 (95 mm SL); HEPD-022, otter trawl in 115-144 m. 
Remarks.— Distributed in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to northwestern Australia. 
Parascolopsis inermis (Schlegel in Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) (Fig. 126) 
Material.— CAS 236496 (84 mm SL, DC-1486); HEPD-022, otter trawl in 115-144 m. 
Remarks. — A common fish distributed from southern Japan south through Indonesia and into the eastern 
Indian Ocean. 
Mullidae (Goatfishes) 
Upeneus subvittatus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) (Fig. 127) 
Material.— CAS 235576 (5, 128-151 mm SL); HEPD-022, otter trawl in 115-144 m. CAS 236409 (149 
mm SL, DC-1485); HEPD-026, beam trawl in 82-86 m. 
Remarks.— Widespread from southern Japan to Indonesia, Red Sea and Mozambique. Our specimens of this 
species display a prominent yellow stripe on the body, much as in U. moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855), but the 
dark stripes on both lobes of the caudal fm in U, subvittatus contrast with the dusky orange stripes on the 
upper lobe only of U. moluccensis. Additional differences between the two species include the longer bar¬ 
bel of U. subvittatus (barbel falls short of preopercle margin in U. moluccensis) and the presence of a 
black-tipped ID in U. subvittatus (absent in U. moluccensis). 
