Upeneus multifasciatus (Quoy and Gaimard). 
Head 2 5/6 to 3; depth 3 1/6 to 3 3/5; D. VIII - TI, 8, 1; 
A. II, 6, i; scales 27 or 28 in lateral lines to caudal base 
and 4 more on latter; 3 scales above lateral line to spinous 
dorsal origin; 2 or 3 to soft dorsal origins; and 5 or 6 below 
to spinous anal origin; 13 predorsal scales 13; snout 1 2/3 to 
1 4/5 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 53 to 6; maxillary 2+ 
to 2 3/5; interorbital 3 5/5 to 3 5/6, 
Body elongate to rather slender, ovate, compressed, back 
sometimes little elevated; least depth of caudal peduncle 1 3/5 
<6 14/5 in its length or 24 to 2 7/8 in total head length, 
Head width 1 3/5 to lg its length, Eye elevated, center 
about last 2/5 in head. Mouth moderate, lower jaw slightly 
protruding. Maxillary extends about 3/5 to 3/4 of snout; 
expansion 1 1/4 eye-diameters, Teeth conie, strong, rather 
obtuse, uniserial in jaws; no others, Barbels not quite to 
hind opercle edge, about 11/8 to 1¢ in head, Front nostril 
small pore about last 2/5 or slightly behind middle in snout 
length; hind nostril short slit close before front eye edge, 
Interorbital convex, Opercular spine moderate, little below 
eye. 
Rakers 97-29 to 31, lanceolate, slightly longer than 
filaments or le in eye. Scales finely ctenoid, rows paral- 
lelewith lateral line; caudal scaled basally, scales nearly 
