Upeneus jamsenii Pleeker, 
Head 3; dept 5°1/5; D. VIII -'1;,°8, 15.4. If, 6, 243 
scales 28 in lateral line to caudal hbase and 3 more on latter; 
2 scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 3 to soft 
_ dorsal origin and 7 below to spinous anal origin; about 136 
predorsal scales; snout 2 in head; eye 4 1/3 or 2.1/5 in snout; 
maxillary 2 1/3 in head; interorbital 5 4/5, 
Body elongate, compressed, back littie elevated forward; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 2 in its length or 5 in head, 
Head width 2+ in its length. Snout compressed, width l 2/5 in 
its length. Eye elevated, front pupil edge about midwey in 
head lencth. Mouth moderate, jaws about even. Maxillary not 
guite to hind nostril; expansion almost equals eye. Teeth 
conic, strong, rather obtuse, uniserial in jaws; no others, 
Barbels reach about midway in opercle, not to its hind edge, 
11/16 in head. Front nostril small pore about first 2/5 
in snout; hind nostril small vertical slit elose before front 
eye edge. Interorbital convex, Opercular spine moderate, 
about level with lower eye edge. 
Rakers II, 5+¢21, lanceolate, about 7/8 of filaments, 
which 11/3 in eye. Scales finely ctenoid, in even longi- 
tudinal rows parallel with lateral line; caudal largely 
with small scales and besally nearly large as body scales; 
2 rows of cheek scales; 2 scales behind depressed spinous 
dorsal; basal radiating striae 6; apical denticles 1] 4/6; 
