Hawaiian Fishes 365 



This cowfish is covered with irregular markings. It is a smaller species 

 and reaches a length of about three inches. 



This cowfish is distributed from Zanzibar, Mozambique, and Mauretius, 

 along China, and through the East Indies as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Trunk Fish 



130-7 Aracana acnleata (Houttuyn) 



From Gilbert 



This rare trunk fish is a grayish olive color above and measures about 

 four inches in length. A rare fish in Hawaiian waters, it was dredged off 

 Laysan Island between 57 and 163 fathoms. It is fairly common in 

 Japanese waters. 



This fish is known only from Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. 



THE SHARP-NOSED PUFFER FAMILY 



131 Family Canthigasteridae (Tropidichthyidae) 

 The family of sharp-nosed puffers is a small, brightly colored group of 

 globe fishes. They all have sharply keeled backs and have their nostrils 

 either small or wanting. They are all small in size, seldom exceeding six 

 inches in length, and are found only in tropical seas. 



Six members of this family are known from Hawaiian waters. 



Sharp-Nosed Puffer 



131-1 Canthigaster amhoinensis (Bleeker) 

 This little puffer is darker above than beneath and is covered with 

 spots on the upper side of the body. Ten or more blackish lines radiate 

 from the eye and the tail is marked by seven or more blackish horizontal 

 lines. It reaches a length of about four inches. 



