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Hawaiian Fishes 



The body of this trigger fish is covered by a network of lines and a 

 large number of light colored spots. The body of this fish is more slender 

 and elongated than that of other species, the dorsal and anal fins are 

 somewhat falcate, and the ventral spine is set well toward the front of 

 the body. It reaches a length of twelve inches. 



The trigger fish is very uncommon in Hawaiian waters and is only 

 rarely brought ashore. It is distributed from the Cape of Good Hope 

 eastward along India and China and through the East Indies, Melanesia, 

 and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. This species also occurs in 

 the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. 



Trigger Fish 



128-2 Canthidermis rotundatus (Proce) 



Drawn from Jordan & Jordan 



This trigger fish reaches a length of at least five inches. Alcoholic 

 specimens are described as buflf in color being more brownish above than 

 below. 



This species is uncommon in the Hawaiian Islands. It is distributed 

 throughout the East Indies and Melanesia, and extends as far as the 

 Hawaiian Islands. 



Humuhumu Hiukole or Humuhumu Uli 



128-3 Batistes vidua Richardson 



Plate VIII, Figure 7 



This trigger fish is uniformly dark brown in color and is marked with 

 an olive tinge. The soft dorsal and the anal fins are white in color, the 



