Hawaiian Fishes 



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least eleven inches. 



This fish IS distributed from the Red Sea, Natal, Mauretius, Bourbon, 

 Seychelles, through India, the East Indies, the Philippines, China, Melanesia, 

 Micronesia, and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Wrasse Fish 



113-22 Thalassoma qumquevittatus (Lay & Bennett) 



This wrasse fish is greenish in color in life. It has a varied mottled 

 pattern of stripes and spots over the body and is marked by reddish stripes 

 along the sides of the trunk. A very beautiful fish, it reaches a length 

 of at least four inches. 



This fish is distributed from the Cape of Good Hope through the East 

 Indies, the Philippines, Riu Kiu, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia as 

 far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Awela 



Also known as the Olale, Hou, and Opule 



113-23 Thalassoma purpurem (Forskal) 



This fish is a bright grass-green color above and blue beneath. It is 

 marked with reddish and purplish colors on the head and by two 

 longitudinal red stripes on the side of the body. The color of the body 

 changes with death. It will reach a length of at least sixteen inches. 



This fish is distributed from the Red Sea, to Ceylon, Melanesia, and 

 Polynesia as far as Easter Island and the Hawaiian Islands. 



The accompanying drawing is from a preserved specimen. 



Awela 



113-24 Thalassoma trilobata (Lacepede) 



Plate VII, Figure 8 



The body of this fish is coral reddish in color above and yellowish 

 beneath. The body is marked by two longitudinal rows of bluish-green 



