Hawaiian Fishes 



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have a body which ends in a long, tapering tail. The anal fin extends 

 along the last half of the body. 



Only one representative of this family occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. 



Ateleopid Fish 



46-1 Ateleopus plicatelliis Gilbert 



Drawn from Gilbert 



This fish is of a dusky, translucent color. The tips and the terminal 

 ends of the ventral filaments are white, while the fins themselves are 

 black. The ventral fins are present as a pair of short filaments. 



Only two specimens of this fish are known from the Hawaiian Islands. 

 They were taken between 257 and 684 fathoms. 



THE KILLIFISH OR MINNOW FAMILY 



47 Family Cyprinodontidae 



The members of this family are in general small, although a few do 

 reach a length of twelve inches. They have scaly heads and feed mostly 

 on vegetation, although some do eat worms and insects. Some of the 

 members of the family are oviparous and lay their eggs, while others hatch 

 their eggs within the body. 



The family is widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone. They 

 are common in eastern North America from New England and California 

 southward to Argentina. They also occur in Asia and Africa where they 

 live in rice swamps, streams, and ditches. They occasionally enter the sea, 

 but they stay close to shore. 



