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The manini is easily recognized by its marking of vertical black bands 

 on a paler background. It varies somewhat in color and will measure as 

 much as nine inches in length. 



Commonly sold in the markets, it is one of the most abundant fishes 

 about the reefs in Hawaiian waters. 



This fish is widely distributed and abundant throughout Polynesia. 

 It is found from Mauretius, the Bourbon and Seychelles through the East 

 Indies, along Queensland, and out into Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia 

 as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Maiko 



104-2 Hepatus guttatiis (Schneider) 



Drawn from Jordan Cr Evermann 



This surgeon fish reaches a length of about one foot. It appears to 

 live in the waters at the outer edge of the reefs. Common in Samoa it 

 is rather uncommon about the Hawaiian Islands. 



This fish is found from Mauretius and the Bourbons through Melanesia, 

 Micronesia and Polynesia as far north as the Hawaiian Islands. 



