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Hawaiian Fishes 



Scorpion Fish 



105-15 Setarches remiger (Gilbert & Cramer) 



Drawn from Gilbert & Cramer 



This rare scorpion fish is known only from the Hawaiian Islands. It 

 measured about four inches in length and was taken in deep water between 

 97 and 352 fathoms. 



Lion Fish or Turkey Fish 

 105-16 Pterois radiata Cuvier 

 The body of this fish was generally brown in color and was marked 

 with light edged bands of color scattered over the body. It reaches a 

 length of about six inches. 



Lion Fish, Turkey Fish, or Featherfish 



105-17 Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 

 This fish is rather unusual because the spines which support the dorsal 

 and pectoral fins are long and slender and extend beyond the margin of 

 the fin. The body is marked with bars and bands and measures about 

 six inches in length. 



The spines in the fins of these fishes are very strong and sharp and 

 inflict severe wounds on the creatures which come too close. They are 

 reported to contain a poison. In young fishes the rays of the fins do not 

 protrude as far beyond the membranes as they do in older fishes. 



This fish is found only in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. 



