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Hawaiian Fishes 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



It reaches a length of about four inches and is found between 28 to 

 43 fathoms in Hawaiian waters. This fish is known from Solor Island 

 northwest of Timor, New Guinea, and the Hawaiian Islands, 



Alaihi Laka 



113-33 Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker) 



Plate VII, Figure 2 



Drown from Jordan Gr Evermann 



Although the color varies greatly, this wrasse fish is usually reddish 

 in color above and yellowish to purplish beneath. The sides of the body 

 are marked with seven or eight dark longitudinal lines. It reaches a 

 length of about six inches. It is found about tide pools in lava rock. 



This fish is distributed from the Red Sea and Madagascar through the 

 East Indies and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



