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H aw aiian Fishes 



Aawa or Spot Wrasse 



113-1 Lepidaplois bilunulatus (Lacepede) 



Plate VII, Figure 10 







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Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



The aawa is whitish in color and is marked with a pinkish tinge and 

 a number of horizontal brown stripes. The body is marked by a very 

 singular black spot situated on the base of the tail just behind the dorsal 

 fin. The fins at the end of the body are yellow in color. This fish is 

 occasionally darker than described. Mr. Fowler believes that this fish 

 varies in color and therefore has grouped as a single species the two fish 

 which appear in the drawings above. It reaches a length of about 

 fourteen inches. It is a common species on the market. 



