FISHES FROM HA WAII—JORDA X AND SXYDFR. 943 



14. ARIOMMA LURIDA Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



This species is represented hy two spcciincns aWout !;•(» iiim. lonu. in 

 a very bad state of preservation, the scales huvinu- all Immmi lost and the 

 tins broken. 



Head, 2.'.> in leno-th nieasurod to bas(> of caudal; depth. 4: dc[)tli of 

 caudal peduncle, 7 in head; eye, :'.; snout, 'A.H: interorbital space. 4; 

 dorsal spines, 1(>; rays, 17; anal, l.'i: pectoral, -id; scales in lateral 

 series, 55 or more. 



Width of body equal to a little more than half the depth, the caudal 

 peduncle C3dindrical and markedly slender. Interorbital space sli^htlv 

 convex. Lower jaw projecting a little beyond the upper; leno-th of 

 maxillary ecfual to width of int(>rorbital s])ace; jaws with a sinirle row 

 of slender, miiuite teeth, those on lower jaw curved backward; no 

 teeth on vomer or palatines; pseudo branchiae large; gill rakers on first 

 arch, 9 + 19, those near angle long and slender, the othei-s gi-owing 

 successive!}' shorter toward either end of arch. Preopercle entire. 

 £3-6 extremely large, with thin, transparent, adipose lids, the poste- 

 rior extending to edge of pupil, the anterior not jnore than one-Hfth 

 as wide. Nostrils located near tip of snout. 



Body with scales, probably between 55 and 05 in a lateral series; 

 scales pro})ably present on the head, including uppei- part of snout and 

 cheeks, scale pits being })resent on occiput and below eye. Lateral 

 line apparentU' present, its anterior part located below base of doisal 

 a distance equal to diameter of pupil. 



Origin of dorsal above base of pectoral; soft dorsal and anal extend- 

 ing an equal distance posteriori}', the length of the caudal ])eduncle 

 measured to bases of upper and lower rays equal to length of max 11- 

 lar}'. Ventrals inserted on a vertical through second or third doi-sal 

 spine. Whether the anterior rays of anal an; spinous oi- articulate 

 could not be determined. 



No distinctive color markings are visible, the geiKual shade l»eing 

 a lurid brown. 



Tijjfe. — No. 51400, I'. S. National Museum. Co-type. No. >441, 

 Stanford University. Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. Collector. Mr. 

 E. L. Berndt. 



Family LABRID.L. 



15. THALASSOMA ANEITENSE (Giintherl. 



One specimen poorh'- preserved, measuring i:'.'Jnun. in length. fr«)m 

 Honolulu. 



Head H. 7 in length to base of caudal: depth ;'..4; snout il.s in iiead; 

 eye 5.3; interorbital space 4; scales in lateral series I'ti; in series 

 between spinous dorsal and origin of anal U ; dorsal spines S; rays IH; 

 anal spines 2; rays 11. 



