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Hawaiian Fishes 



Wrasse Fish 



113-40 Hemipteronotus pentadactylus (Linne) 



From Jordan Gr Evermonn 



The color of the body varies from a light drab color to almost black. 

 A large brown blotch marks the middle of the body. It reaches a length 

 of about ten inches. 



This fish is distributed from the Red Sea and Mauretius through India, 

 the East Indies, the Philippines, Formosa, China and the Hawaiian Islands. 



Laenihi or Razor Fish 



113-41 Hemipteronotus melatioptis (Bleeker) 



Plate VIII, Figure 3 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermonn 



