^ ^^ Ha w ail an Fishes 



therefore been called "Chameleons of the Sea." They nearly all live in 

 warm or temperate seas, but a few genera do ascend fresh water. 



Of more than 400 known species in this family fifteen have been 

 recorded from the Hawaiian Islands. 



Thompson's Sea Bass 



87-1 Stereolepoides thompsoni Fowler 

 This fish is known only from a head which was obtained in a 

 Honolulu fish market. The head alone measured about two feet in length 

 and is preserved in the Bishop Museum. 



Japanese Bass 



i Also known as Susuki or Uu 



. 87-2 Pikea japonica Steindachner & Doderiein 



Plate IV, Figure 1 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



This fish is a pale rosy color above and whitish beneath. It is marked 

 with a yellow stripe through the eye, a horizontal stripe through the 

 dorsal and anal fins, and a single stripe at both the top and the bottom 

 of the tail. It reaches a length of at least eight inches. It is one of the 

 most valued food fishes of Japan and is found in Japanese and Hawaiian 

 waters. 



Sea Bass 



87-3 Serranns dictiophorus Bleeker 

 This fish measures over one foot in length and is marked by four or 

 five faint cross bands on the body. The head and the body are covered 

 with small orange and red spots and are separated by a network of lines. 



