ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 105 



Apogon Lacep. 1802. 



A. macuUferus, Garrett. 



B. 7 ; D. 7-1-9 ; A. 2-8 V. 1-5 ; P. 13 ; C. 4, 1, 8, 7, 1, 3. 



The upper profile of the head is slightly concave ; otherwise the general shape 

 of the fish closely resembles the Apogon fraenatus, Val. The greatest depth of 

 the body, taken at the commencement of the anterior dorsal fin, equals the length 

 of the head, or two-sevenths of the entire length of the fish. The eye is large, 

 sub-circular in shape, even with the upper line of profile, and its diameter nearly 

 one-third as long as the head. The upper jaw is slightly the longest, and the 

 hinder termination of the maxillary is on a line with the posterior border of the 

 pupil. The margin of the preopercle is finely and regularly dentated, and its 

 anterior crest or ridge exhibits but few irregular teeth. The lateral line may 

 be traced over twenty-four scales. 



The first and second dorsal fin are of equal length along their base, both being 

 higher than long, and the altitude of the latter, which exceeds that of the former, 

 is, as compared to the entire length of the fish, one to five. The anal fin is 

 inserted a trifle more posterior than the fin above. The large veutrals, when 

 laid back, cover the vent with their tips. The caudal is sub-bifurcate. 



Color brilliant silvery, with an iridescent reflection in which carnation pre- 

 dominates. The upper two-thirds of the body is ornamented with longitudinal 

 rows of small olivaceous spots, one on each scale, and those above the lateral 

 line more or less coalescing, forming broken bauds. The head, which is more or 

 less tinged with diluted carmine-red, is marked by a diffuse olivaceous band, 

 which extends from the end of the snout, passing through the eye and termina- 

 ting on the opercle. Irides silvery white ; cornea black. The membranes of 

 all the fins are tinged with orange-yellow, and their rays are red. 



Length, 5% inches. 



Habitat, Sandwich Islands. 



Vernacular, " Upapalu." 



Remarks. — The longitudinal series of maculations will readily determine this 

 species. Under the lens the spots assume the appearance of clusters of minute 

 dots, some of which have blue central points. 



Scorp^ena Artedi, (L.) 

 S. parvipinnis, Garrett. 

 D. 13-10 ; A. 3-5 ; V. 1-5 ; P. 7-9 ; C. 5, 1, 6, 5, 1, 3. 

 In this species the upper and lower outlines are quite similar, being gently 

 arched. The greatest depth of the body falls slightly short of one-third of the 

 total length, and the greatest thickness at the base of the head, is a little more 

 than two-thirds of the above mentioned depth. The head constitutes just one- 

 third of the whole fish. The eye is large, circular, its diameter being nearly 

 one-fourth of the length of the head. Four spines may be seen along the upper 

 edge of the orbit, and the same number on each side of the occipital region and 

 nape, the posterior one the larger. Two intraorbital spines, one on the nasal 

 bone, and a longitudinal row of four along the supratympanic region. Two on 



