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I. INTRODUCTION 3 



II. THE FAMILIES OF HAWAIIAN FISHES 14 



1. The Cat Shark or Rosette Shark Family 14 



2. The Whale Shark Family - 14 



3. The Man Eating Shark Family ........ 16 



4. The Thresher Shark or Fox Shark Family 18 



5. The Gray Shark Family --.-...-- 19 



6. The Hammer-Head Shark Family 25 



7. The Dog Shark Family 26 



8. The Echinorhinid Shark Family 28 



9. The Sting Ray Family 29 



10. The Eagle Ray Family - - - 31 



11. The Sea Devil Family 32 



12. The Chimaera Family - - 34 



13. The Tarpon Family 35 



14. The Bonefish Family 36 



15. The Milk Fish Family 38 



16. The Sand Eel Family 39 



17. The True Herring Family 39 



18. The Anchovy Family 40 



19. The Salmon and Trout Family 42 



20. The Ayu or Sweetfish Family 43 



21. The Stomiid Fish Family 43 



22. The Astronesthid Fish Family . 44 



23. The Viper Fish Family ..----. . . 45 



24. The Maurolicid Fish Family - 46 



25. The Sternoptychid Fish Family 47 



26. The Halosaurid Fish Family 49 



27. The Synaphobranchid Fish Family - - 50 



28. The Piko Eel or Pike Eel Family 51 



29- The Conger Eel Family 51 



30. The Duck-Billed Eel Family - - - >4 



31. The Worm Eel Family 55 



32. The Snipe or Thread Eel Family 56 



33. The Snake Eel Family 57 



34. The Whip Eel Family 60 



35- The Moray Eel or Painted Eel Family 60 



36. The Carp Family 70 



37. The Loach Family 71 



38. The Sea Cat-Fish Family - - 72 



39- The Horned Pout or Channel Cat Family 72 



40. The Chinese Catfish Family 74 



