NOTES ON COLLECTIONS OF FISHES FROM OATir ISLAND 

 AND LAYSAN ISLAND. HAWAII, WITH DESCKll^IONS 

 OF FOUR NEW SPECIES. 



J^v David Starr Jordan and rIoHX Otterretx Snyder, 



Of Stwiford l'»in')-sitii, Ciillfoniin. 



In the autumn of 190o a collection of Hshes was received by the 

 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries from the market at Honolulu. They were 

 selected and preserved })y Mr. E. L. Berndt, inspector of tisheries 

 of Honolulu, and acting assistant to the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



At about the same time a series of lishes was sent to Stanford I'ni- 

 versity from Laysan Island, about S()() miles to the westwai'd of Oahu. 

 These were collected by ^Ir. Max Schlemmer, superintendent of the 

 guano industry of Laysan. 



An account of these collections is given in this paper. Plates of the 

 new species will be published in the tinal report on the Hawaiian 

 fishes. 



We have also included three species obtained at Hilo by ^Ir. Henry 

 W. Henshaw. 



The following species are new to the fauna of the Hawaiian Islands: 



Alopiax! vnljx'.s ((Tmelin). Oahu. 



Galeocerdo tigrtnns 'SiuXU^Y and Henle, Oahu. 



Brachymmophk henshawi Jordan and Snyder. Oahu. 



Arioiinna lurida Jordan and Snyder. 0;ihu. 



Thalanfioma aneltense (Giinther), Oaiui. 



Lactoria schlemmeri Jordan and Snyder, Laj'san. 



Antennarnus laysanius Jordan and Snyder. Laysan. 



Familv ALOPHD.E. 



I. ALOPIAS VULPES iGmelin). 



A large specimen from the market of Honolulu. 



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