FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 253 



55215 U.S.N.M. Napili. Bureau of Fisheries, 1902. Length 31 to 67 mm 

 Forty-eight examples. 



55333 U.S.N.M. Honolulu reef. Length 135 mm. 



55335 U.S.N.M. Henshaw's Pool, Hilo. Bureau of Fisheries, 1901. Length 32 

 to 38 mm. Six examples. 



55336 U.S.N.M. Waiahua Bay, Oahu. Bureau of Fisheries, 1903. Length 32 

 to 43 mm. Fourteen examples. 



55334 U.S.N.M. Hanalei Bay. Length 187 mm. 



65337 U.S.N.M. Hilo. Albatross collection. Length 32 to 55 mm. Thirteen 

 examples. 



55338 U.S.N.M. Necker. Albatross collection. Length 37 mm. 



55339 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Albatross collection. Length 127 to 146 mm. 

 Three examples. 



55340 U.S.N.M. Laysan Island. Length 168 mm. 



55341 U.S.N.M. Laysan Island. Length 93 to 180 mm. Two examples. 

 55343 U.S.N.M. Puako Bay, Hawaii. Length 33 to 41 mm. Five examples. 

 55466 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Dr. O. P. Jenkins. Length 87 to 92 mm. Two 



examples. 

 63664 U.S.N.M. Locality? Length 190 mm. 



78083 U.S.N.M. Hawaii. 1901. Length 32 to 68 mm. Nineteen examples. 



78084 U.S.N.M. Kailua. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 33 to 52 mm. Four 

 examples. 



78085 U.S.N.M. Kailua. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 32 to 38 mm. Ten 

 examples. 



78086 U.S.N.M. Hilo. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 35 mm. 



78089 U.S.N.M. Hilo. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 28 to 30 mm. Eight 



examples. 

 84084 U.S.N.M. Hawaii. Length 117 mm. 



Harpurina, new subgenus ^ 



Front profile of body evenly lunate. Teeth small, crenulate, incon- 

 spicuous. Mouth small with very slight cleft laterally. Scales large, 

 compact, closely imbricated. Lateral line concurrent with dorsal 

 profile. Dorsal spines in reduced number, but 6 or 7 developed 

 though of normal size. Posterior dorsal and anal rays longest. 

 Caudal deeply emarginate. Paired fins longer than head. Caudal 

 spine long. 



Type. — Hepatus nubilus, new species. 



A single species, readily known among the typical Hepatids by its 

 reduced dorsal spines, etc. 



HEPATUS NUBILUS, new species 



Diagnosis. — Resembles Hepatus lineolatus, but is at once distin- 

 guished, aside from its fewer dorsal spines, by its more evenly con- 

 vex anterior profile of the head, longer posterior dorsal and anal rays 

 and larger scales. No distinct black spots at bases of last dorsal 

 and anal rays. Reaches 240 mm. or more. 



Type.— C&t. No. 89980, U.S.N.M. 



' Harpurus, an old name for Hepatus. 



