352 Hawaiian Fishes 



This trigger fish may be recognized by the presence of four horizontal 

 Hnes on the soft dorsal fin and by a few lines radiating out from the eye. 

 It is brownish in color in alcohol. It reaches a length of at least seven 

 inches. 



This fish is known only from the Hawaiian Islands. 



Humuhumu Mimi 



128-5 Batistes capistratus Shaw 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



This trigger fish is a uniform light brown color over the body and 

 is marked by a rose colored line about the mouth. It reaches a length 

 of at least twelve inches. It is a common species about Hawaii. 



This trigger fish is distributed from Zanzibar, Natal, Madagascar, 

 Reunion, and Mauretius through the East Indies, along China and 

 Queensland, and through Melanesia and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



Humuhumu Lei 



128-6 Balistes bursa Schneider 



This trigger fish is a light drab color above and whiter beneath and 

 is marked by a white line running from the mouth backward onto the 

 body. A pair of curved vertical lines extend from the region of the eye 

 downward onto the body. It reaches a length of about eight inches. 



This species is common about the Hawaiian Islands and is abundant 

 throughout Polynesia. It is distributed from the Red Sea, East Africa, 



