NOTES ON FISHES OF HAWAII, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By David Stark Jordan and John OTTKRBEIN Snvdkk. 



In the month of March, Wo.",, the senior author made a brief \ wit to Honolulu. 

 The markets were inspected each day, and a number of species of fishes were collected. 

 Since the date of the collections of Jordan and Evermann in 1901 and of Gilbert 

 and Snyder in 1902, the markets of the city have become very greatly extended. 

 The business of fishing has fallen more fully into the hands of Japanese, and the 

 results of line-fishin<r in deep water off the coast of Molokai have become a promi- 

 nent feature of the market. Among the species formerly rare, but now commonly 

 seen in the market, are the following: 



Etelis evurus. 

 Etelis marshi. 

 Ctuetopterus dubius. 

 Rooseveltia brighami. 

 Erythrichthys schlegeli. 

 Merinthe macrocephala. 

 Mulloidea prlugeri. 



The following species in this collection, listed with the numbers under which 

 their respective types are registered in the V. S. National .Museum, seem to be new 

 to science: 



Caranx dasson, no. 577SL'. 

 Ariomma evermanni, no. 57783. 

 Rooseveltia aloha, no. 57784. 

 Thalassoma neanis, no. 57785. 

 Scaridea aerosa, no. 57786. 



The accompanying drawings of these species are the work of Mr. William 

 Sackston Atkinson. 



Family 0PHICHTHYII).€. 



1. Microdonophis polyophthalmus (Bleeker). 



Head 4.5 in the trunk, 4.0 in tail; depth 2.4 in head; snout 5; eye 1.8 in snout; cleft of mouth 

 about 3 in head; teeth sharp, in a single row on jaws and vomer; origin of dorsal above base of 

 pectoral, height of fin equal to width of interorbital space or length of snout; anal about half as high; 

 pectoral rounded, about equal in length to snout. Tail sharply pointed. Color brownish above, white 

 on ventral surface; side with 3 rows of large alternating dark-brown spots, those of the upper row and 



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