H a w ait an Fishes 



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This fish is known only from the Hawaiian Islands. It measures about 

 four inches in length and was taken between 27 and 29 fathoms. 



Convict Fish or Stripey 



102-16 Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier) 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



The body of this fish is creamy whitish in color and is marked with 

 five or six horizontal brown bars. It reaches a length of six inches. 



Several specimens of this fish have been in the Waikiki Aquarium 

 for seventeen years. 



This fish is distributed from Australia, through the Philippine Islands, 

 China, Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. This fish is far more common 

 in the extreme western Pacific than in the Hawaiian Islands. 



Butterfly Fish 



102-17 Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett) 



This fish measures about six inches in length and is found in the 

 East Indies and the Hawaiian Islands. 



