78 H atv aiian F is h e s 



The fishes in this family are deep sea fishes with eyes which are small 

 and almost useless. 



Bathypteroid Fish 



44-1 Bathypterois longi fills Gunther 



Drawn from Gilbert 



The Hawaiian member of this fish family measured about eight inches 

 in length and was of a brownish-black color. The fish was decorated with 

 white pectoral filaments which arise from the upper side of the body and 

 extend along the body to the tail. These filaments branch into two half-way 

 along the length of the body. 



One specimen was taken off Bird Island (Nihoa) between 313 and 

 800 fathoms; the other was taken off Kauai between 1,000 and 1,300 

 fathoms. 



THE LANTERN FISH FAMILY 



45 Family Myctophidae (Scopelidae) 



The lantern fishes are a large group of small, feeble fishes which are 

 seldom seen. They live away from shorelines, often at considerable 

 depths, and are widely distributed in the open sea. Their bodies are long 

 and slender and are covered with luminous spots. 



These fishes come to the surface of the water at night or in stormy 

 weather when the sun is not bright and are often thrown upon the decks 

 of ships. During the day time they descend to deeper water. They are 

 a group of pelagic and deep sea fishes which are seldom encountered by 

 fishermen. 



Of about 1 ,000 species, a dozen are known from California and eighteen 

 have been recorded from the Hawaiian Islands, 



