MULLIDAE Upeneus sulphureus, 10.7 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Upeneus sulphureus Cuvier, 1829 Sulpher Goatfish D VIII+9; A I, 7-8; P1 14-17; LL 33-36; GR 8-9 + 19-21. Body moderately elongate. Chin with 2 short barbels, 1.4-1.9 in head length. Lachrymal region lacking preorbital scales. Both jaws, vomer and palatines with teeth. Second dorsal and anal fins with scaled area basally. Color: body silvery greenish or pink dorsally, shading to silver on side and ventrally, with 2 narrow, brassy yellow stripes on side of body; 1st dorsal fin broadly tipped with black; caudal fin lacking dark cross bands. Size: reaching to ca. 20 cm. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, including east coast of Africa, Indo- Malayan region, Japan, Australia and Fiji. Remarks: generally found on mud substrata at depths of 20-60 m. (Hisashi Imamura)