Hawaiian Fishes 



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just behind the eye. The tail fin is blackish in color and is marked with 

 a vertical stripe. The naenae will reach a length of twelve inches. 



This surgeon fish is abundant in Hawaiian waters and is commonly 

 seen in the markets. It is distributed throughout the East Indies, Micronesia, 

 and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Pualu or Maikoiko 



104-9 Hepat/is bariene (Lesson) 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



This fish is a bluish color in life with a brassy cast to its skin. The 

 trunk is covered with many fine longitudinal lines. The dorsal fin is 

 marked by a brassy line along its base, the anal fin by a bluish line 

 along its base, and the tail fin is bluish in color and is covered with 

 small, blackish dots. 



This fish is found from Mauretius, through the East Indies, Micronesia, 

 and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Surgeon Fish 



104-10 Hepatus nigricans (Linne) 

 This surgeon fish measures about eight inches in length. An uncommon 

 species in the Hawaiian Islands, it is distributed from the Red Sea and 

 Mauretius, through Indian waters, the East Indies, Melanesia, Micronesia, 

 and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



