Hawaiian Fishes 



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This species resembles E. hawaiiensis very closely and may even be 

 the same species. It is a pale brown color in alcohol and is marked on 

 the sides with many incomplete rings. The species is known from only 

 two specimens from Hilo, both of which were less than three inches in 

 length. 



Flounder 



56-10 Scaeops xenandrus (Gilbert) 



From Gilbert 



The left or upper side of this flounder is grayish in color with blackish 

 shading and mottlings and with three poorly defined black spots along 

 the middle of the side. The right or lower side was whitish near the 

 head and grayish near the tail. This flounder reaches a length of about 

 four inches and is very abundant between 40 and 100 fathoms. It is 

 known only from the Hawaiian Islands. 



Rare Flounder 



56-11 Chascomopsetta prorigera Gilbert 

 This flounder is light olive in color above and is flecked with light 

 brown. It has a slender body and measures about nine inches in length. 

 The only specimen known was taken in the Hawaiian Islands between 

 178 and 202 fathoms. 



