Hawaiian Fishes 339 



TRICHONOTID FAMILY 



120 Family Trichonotidae 

 This family of fishes contains only a few small species which are 

 confined to the Indian and Australian seas. Only two species are known 

 from Hawaiian waters. 



Samoan Trichonotid 



120-1 Kraemeria samoensis Steindachner 



From Fowler 



This fish is a very small species measuring only about one inch in 

 length. Pale in color and with no markings, its body and fins have a 

 transparent appearance. It lives in the wet sand at the edge of the tide. 



This fish inhabits southern Polynesia and occurs as far northward as 

 the Hawaiian Islands. 



Cooke's Trichonotid 



120-2 Crystallodytes cookei Fowler 



From Fowler 



This fish is small in size and measures little more than an inch in 

 length. It is known only from Oahu. 



THE SAND LANCE FAMILY 



Also known as the Launces or Lants 



121 Family Ammodytidae 



The sand lances are a family of small, slender, silvery, toothless fishes 



in which the body is covered by many cross folds of skin. The members 



of the family are all small, salt-water fishes and are found in northern 



