H aw Mttdti Fishes 



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While over fifty species are known from the East Indies, only one is 

 known from the Hawaiian Islands. 



Hawaiian Flat Head Fish 



108-1 Bembradium roseum Gilbert 



Drawn from Gilbert 



This little fish, measuring about four inches in length, was described 

 as having an olive ground color and marked with reddish above. This 

 fish is known from only two specimens which were dredged in Pailolo 

 Channel between Molokai and Maui in 138 fathoms of water. 



THE DEEP WATER GURNARD OR 

 DEEP WATER SEA ROBIN FAMILY 



109 Family Peristediidae 



The members of this family are all deep sea fishes and are taken only 

 in dredges. They have a flat, depressed head, a bony coat of mail, and two 

 feelers on the pectoral fin. They are generally reddish in color. A bizarre 

 group of fishes, they somewhat resemble young sturgeons. 



Of about thirteen known species, only two are known from the 

 Hawaiian Islands. 



Hawaiian Deep Water Gurnard 



109-1 Peristedion engyceros (Gunther) 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



