THE FISHERIES AND FISHING LAWS OF HAWATI. Si 
The fishes of Hawaii are remarkable for their brilliancy of color, a 
trait which they share with fishes of other volcanic and coral islands of 
the Tropics. Of the many species which come into the markets nearly 
all are good food-fishes. A very few (mostly puffers— 7étraodontide) 
are poisonous—or at least noxious—and a few species living in the 
crevices of the reefs are too small to be sought for food purposes. 
As the natives mostly eat some fishes raw, certain species not of 
especial excellence when cooked are very highly valued by them. 
This is especially true of the parrot-fishes (Scars), which sell in the 
market at prices which seem extraordinarily high. 
FOOD-FISHES. 
The following is a listof the principal fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, 
the major#ty of which are used as food, arranged according to the alpha- 
betical order of the native names, together with the identifications, so 
far as they have been determined: 
Common name. Scientific name. 
2 CUPS a eee cee eee ee Thalassoma duperreyi. 
LA SACAD., 2 ee eS ee ae oe Lepidoplois bilunulatus. 
ED 2 oc od ae ae eee Be Athlennes (new species). 
aw ....6333353. =e ee ee Germo sibi. 
J VU 2S ae eee Se Kuhlia malo. 
eM hoe cya twig bt cpa gs ..-Gomphosusand Thalassoma, species. 
JIS? . 5. See eee epee, sree Gymnosarda pelamis. 
2 SE Se Lee ier eee pe Trachurops crumenopthalmus. 
JI MIDS _. 2 55 ee eee es Set eee Holocentrus diadema, ete. 
0. ESS a ee ee Seer 
SPINES oss 2s ou octets ented eeiepyre Mugil dobula. 
FL 1. pp Se ere er kt er etree Mugil dobula (adult). 
i... Lt a ee ee ee Zebrasoma guttatum. 
Ly DE Doe eee eee ae nee Cheenomugil (new species). 
20) 2.06 eee ee eer Chanos chanos. 
PEREGEE ATOM O22 228 aS vise nyshe ciate Chanos chanos. 
SON DETT 0 a a ea ee es Elops machnata. 
ase. 22.40 Se a es See ee Thalassoma purpureum. 
Uo VEG) 2 0S ee ee Priacanthus cruentatus. 
lll ...--t< eS ee ee eee ee Lepidoplois modestus. 
IME oe os AB se Epinephelus (new species). 
ioe tie Sun bee aed Lemnisoma thyrsitoides. 
ree eae Aetobatus narinari. 
ee ere Anampses cuvieri. 
a Coris lepomis. 
a eee Coris, Novaculichthys, ete. 
re as ee Coris gaimardi. : 
Pumebummeemec......... 42. - Hemiramphus depauperatus. 
eas Melichthys bispinosus, ete. 
ee ee Euleptorhamphus longirostris. 
«eee ins 
| ne SR ae a eee 
a ee Remora remora. 
ES a ee ee Seriola, species. 
0 SS eee Sphyrzena snodgrassi. 
lu ose ee Monoceros unicornis. 
eee Gymnosarda alleterata. 
lo ee ; 
ae eee 
SEMEN SE Pa ot Cheetodon ornatissimus. 
ee ee 
RT oe cin ade Niet si Etelis carbunculus 
