JI2 FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



Depth of body nearly twice in the length, length of head more than 3^- Snout 

 shorter than eye, diameter of which is 4J in length of head ; mterorbital space very 

 narrow, concave ; lower eye a little in advance of upper. No rostral or orbital spines. 

 Maxillary extendmg to below anterior part of eye, length 3 in head. Teeth biserial 

 m upper jaw. Gill rakers rather short : 7 on lower part of anterior arch. 36 scales 

 in lateral line. Dorsal 7S. Anal 57. Pectoral of ocular side with 12 rays, length 

 I J in that of head. Pale brownish, with many large incomplete rings of blackish 

 or diiskv, and with a number of dusky spots in between ; median fins with blackish 

 spots, those on the caudal forming about 4 cross-bands ; .several dusky spots at 

 base of pectoral. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 50O58. 



DiSTRiBt'TiON. — Hawaiian Islands. 



Known only from the t\-pe (63 mm.) and one other specimen (30 mm ), lioth 

 from Hiln. The sex of these examples is not given by Jordan and Evermann. 



g. ENGYPROSOPON HAWAIIENSIS, Jordan and Evermann. 

 tnsvpnis.,pun haumiemis, Jordan and Evermann, 1004, Bull. U.S. Com. Fish., xxii, (1902) 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1005, Bull. U.S. Com. Fish., xxiii (i), {1903), p. 514, lig. 227; 

 njo.s. Bull, U.S. Com. Fish., x.\iii (2), (1003), p. 687 ; Fowler, 1922, Copeia, No. 11: 

 I'owler, 1928, Mem. B. P. Bishop Mus., x. p. 92. 



p. 2u7 ; 

 Gilbert, 

 , p. 84 ; 



-l\n^yprosopon haica 



Depth of body ij in the length, length of head 3I- Snout a little shorter than 

 eye, diameter of which is about 3J in length of head : interorbital space concave, 

 width about I diameter of eye ; lower eye in advance of upper. No rostral or orbital 

 spines. Maxillary extending to a little beyond anterior margin of eye, length 2| in 

 that of head. Teeth in 2 or 3 series in upper jaw. Gill-rakers rather short ; 7 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. 46 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 79-80. Anal 56-58. 

 I'ectoral of ocular side with 11 rays, length if in that of head. Dark brown, with or 

 without darker markings ; fins greyish brown, finely speckled with darker. 



•(•ypE. — United States National Museum. No. 50657. 



Distribution. — Hawaiian Lslands. 



The type is 76 mm. in total length, from Hilo The sex is not given 



