H atu aiian Fishes 



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Drawn from Jordan & Evermonn 



Flying Fish 



51-2 Parexocoetus melanogenion (Pietschmann) 



Drawn from Pietschmann 



Only one specimen of this species is known. It was taken at Kona, 

 Hawaii, in 1927 by T. T. Dranga and measured about six inches in length. 

 In color it was bluish above and light beneath. The dorsal fin was 

 white at the base, blacker toward the tip, while the tip itself was light 

 in color. The chin contained a pair of barbels of a deep blackish color. 



Malolo or Small-Winged Flying Fish 



51-3 Evolantia microptera (Valenciennes) 



This flying fish is of a steel-bluish color above, silvery-white beneath, 

 and reaches a length of eight inches. It is distributed in both the tropical 



