334 Hawaiian Fishes 



From Fowler 



This remora is distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical 

 Pacific Ocean. It occurs throughout Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia 

 and is found from Japan and Wake to the Hawaiian Islands. It is reported 

 to occur off the Atlantic coast of the United States, throughout the West 

 Indies, Atlantic Ocean, and along the coast of Europe. It is apparently 

 nowhere common. 



Remora or Louse Fish 



117-2 Phtheirichthys Uneattis (Menzies) 

 This remora is a small and slender species having but ten plates in 

 its sucker. It reaches a length of at least three inches. It seems to be 

 found more commonly on barracudas and spearfishes and does not seem 

 to attach to sharks. Apparently an uncommon species, it is recorded from 

 Hawaiian waters by a single specimen. 



This remora is distributed throughout the tropical Pacific Ocean. 



Short Finned Remora 



117-3 Remoropsis brachyptera (Lowe) 

 This remora may be recognized by the presence of fifteen plates in 



its sucking disc and by its long, soft-dorsal fin. It reaches a length of at 



least twelve inches. 



It is distributed throughout the entire Pacific Ocean, although it is 



not common about the Hawaiian Islands. 



THE DRAGONET FAMILY 



118 Family Callionymidae 

 The dragonet fishes are all small, scaleless fishes with flat heads. They 

 vary in color and are often marked by unusually high or filamentous fins. 

 The members of the family are shore fishes of the warm seas and are 



