ART. 33. NOTES ON FISHES OF HAWAII E. K. JORDAN 7 



It is characterized by the very slight development of the vertical 

 fins, which are obscured by thick skin, and by the teeth, which are 

 wholly molar, with no canines in either jaw. The lateral teeth are 

 in several series in the upper jaw, and the whole roof and floor of 

 the mouth are paved with small, rounded teeth in about 6 series 

 above and 4 below, close set and suggesting cobblestones. In the 

 upper jaw this paved area extends from the tip, where it is slightly 

 expanded, back into the throat; below the arrangement is similar, 

 but the patch forks narrowly behind. As stated above there are no 

 canines, and the mouth is not wholly closing. For this group the 

 name Gymnoinuraena Lacepede must be restored. It originally in- 

 cluded the genus Uropterygius also, but it was restricted by Kaup in 

 1846, to zelra. 



Family BOTHIDAE 



Genus PLATOPHRYS Swainson 



PLATOPHRYS THOMPSONI Fowler. 



Fowler describes this species from Honolulu as an ally of Plato- 

 fhrys inancus (Broussonnet). Its rays are D. 86, A. 62; scales 132; 

 95 tubes. In the abundant species, Platophrys pantherinus (Riip- 

 jjell), the dorsal rays are 92; anal 69; tubes of scales 88; the color 

 much the same. 



Family BERYCIDAE 



Genus BERYX Cuvier 



BERYX DECADACTYLUS Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Recorded by Fowler from Honolulu. 



Family HOLOCENTRIDAE 



Genus MYRIPRISTIS Cuvier 



The discrimination of species in Myripristis is very difficult, all of 

 them being bright red in life, and all fading to a similar dull pink- 

 ish in spirits, with partial loss of their characteristic markings. The 

 following key will assist in their recognition. 



ANALYSIS OF THE HAWAIIAN SPECIES OF MYRIPRISTIS 



a\ Scales large, those bearing pores 30 to 32 in lateral line, a few small 

 scales behind them ; dorsal fin with 13 to 16 soft rays ; anal with 13 

 or 14. 

 h\ Edge of opercle and base of pectoral with a black or dark blood-red 

 . bar ; depth 2.25 to 2.33 in length. 

 c\ Body deep red in life ; no broad black areas on vertical fins. 



d*. Spinous dorsal edged with orange ; first soft ray of dorsal, anal and 

 ventral white, the rays behind them clear red, tipped with black- 

 ish except in full-grown specimens murdjan. 



