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Hawaiian Fishes 



Drawn from Fowler 



THE EMMELICHTHYID FISH FAMILY 



95 Family EmJiielichthyidae (Erythrichthyidae) 

 The members of this family of fishes are mostly red in color and are 

 very graceful in form. They are medium sized fishes and found in the 

 West Indies and in various parts of the Pacific Ocean. 



A small family, they have but a single representative in Hawaiian 

 waters. 



SchlegePs Fish 



95-1 Erythrocles schlegeli (Richardson) 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



This fish is yellowish above and pinkish beneath and reaches a foot 

 in length. It is not a common fish and all the known specimens have 

 been taken from deep water off Hilo, Hawaii. 



It is known from Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. 



