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Hawaiian Fishes 



The sides and back of this fish are of deep rosy or dark red color, 

 and the body is marked with eleven distinct longitudinal white lines along 

 the side of the body. This fish is a small species and reaches a length of 

 about seven inches. 



This fish is distributed through all of the warm waters from the Red 

 Sea to Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands. It is very common along the 

 shores of Hawaii and Samoa. 



Small Mouth Squirrel Fish 



63-8 Holocentrus microstomtis Gunther 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



This squirrel fish is reddish in life and is marked with nine or ten 

 narrow longitudinal lines. It will reach a length of eight inches. 



It is found from Guam, Wake, and the Hawaiian Islands southward 

 through the warm waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is a 

 common species in Samoa, 



Alaihi or Uu 



63-9 Holocentrus spinifer (Forskal) 



Plate II, Figure 2 



This fish is red and violet in color, is tinged with rose on its back, 

 and is marked with longitudinal red and gold reflected stripes. It reaches 

 a length of fifteen inches and is found from the Red Sea eastward through 

 all of the waters of the Indian and South Pacific Oceans as far as Tahiti 

 and the Hawaiian Islands. 



