No. 2392. NEW DEEP-SEA FISHES FROM HAW All— JORDAN . 



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of soft dorsal and anal; a narrow black streak again behind this; 

 then a narrow white band bounded again by a black streak extend- 

 ing on dorsal and anal, the tips of the rays broadly white; a white 

 bar, then a dark one across base of caudal, which is otherwise dusky. 

 Middle of soft dorsal above with a jet-black ocellus larger than eye, 



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Fig. 6.— Loa excelsa, new species. 



ringed with white; pectorals pale, dusky at base; ventral black, with 

 the soft rays all black; the spine white; markings of body extended 

 more or less on the fins. 



In general coloration and more or less in form this elegant fish 

 resembles a common butterfly-fish or Kihikihi of Hawaii, Chaetodon 

 lunula. The ocellus on the fin may disappear with age. From this 



