Hawaiian Fishes 



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Angel Fish 



102-26 Cetitropyge bispinosns (Gunther) 



Plate V, Figure 10 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



The body of this fish is dark in color and is marked by diamond-shaped 

 spots which form many oblique vertical lines across the body. This fish 

 reaches a length of about eight inches. 



Distributed through Melanesia and Polynesia, it is not a very common 

 species in the Hawaiian Islands. 



Potter's Angel Fish 



102-27 Centropyge potteri (Jordan & Metz) 

 This fish was named for Frederick Potter, for many years Director of 

 the Aquarium at Waikiki in Honolulu. It is a small species measuring 

 about four inches in length and is scarlet in color over the front and 

 upper parts of the body. The posterior and lower portions of the body 

 are of a purplish black color. The scarlet areas of the body are marked 

 by many darker lines which form a reticulated pattern over the head 

 and back of the body. 



This fish is found only in the Hawaiian Islands. 



