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Haw aiian Fishes 



This viper fish looks much Hke the preceding species. It is uniformly 

 black over the entire body and measures about three inches in length. 

 A specimen was taken off Kauai in 1902 between 508 and 703 

 fathoms. 



Viper Fish 

 23-3 Gonostoma rhodadenia (Gilbert) 



^ Drawn from Gilbert 



This little viper fish is brownish black above and jet black beneath. 

 It measures about eight inches in length and was taken in a dredge oflf 

 Kauai between 409 and 550 fathoms and also in Kaiwi Channel between 

 411 and 442 fathoms. 



This fish is found from the East Indies to the Hawaiian Islands. 



THE MAUROLICID FISH FAMILY 



24 Family Maurolicidae 

 The fishes which belong to this family are all deep sea creatures. 

 They have elongated, scaleless bodies and contain many luminous spots. 

 Two species are known from Hawaiian waters. 



Maurolicid Fish 



24-1 Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco) 

 This fish reaches a length of about three inches. It is distributed in 

 all of the tropical waters of the globe. It has been taken northeast of 

 Hawaii. 



MauroHcid Fish 



24-2 Argyripnus ephippiatus Gilbert & Cramer 



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Drawn from Gilbert & Cramer 



