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Hawaiian Fishes 



Variegated Rock Cod or Malabar Grouper 



87-7 Serranus tauvina (Forskal) 



From Fowler 



This fish is brownish in color, is marbled with spots, and is marked 

 on the back with six saddle-shaped blotches. The fins are all marked 

 with a narrow white margin. The fish reaches a length of four feet. 



This fish is found from the Red Sea and the coast of Africa eastward 

 through the Indian Ocean and the islands of the East Indies as far as the 

 Hawaiian Islands. 



Thompson's Sea Bass 



..-#' 



87-8 Caesioperca thompsoni Fowler 



From Fowler 



This hsh is of a uniform rosy pink color and is marked with yellowish 

 fins. It reaches a length of eight inches and is known from only a single 

 s^pecimen taken at Honolulu. 



