JORDAN AND JORDAN: FISHES OF HAWAII. iO/ 



345. Peristedion gilberti Jordan. (G., p. 639.) 



(Proc. U. 8. N. M., LIX, 1921, p. 655, Peristedion engyceros Gilbert, not of 

 Giinther.) 



^^%. 



Fig. 5. Peristedion gilberti Jordan. (C. M. No. 3895.) 



Horns rigidly parallel; color red, often with small round olive spots. Found 

 in the deep sea, abundantly in places. 



346. Peristedion hians Gilbert and Cramer. (G., p. 638.) 

 Frequent in deep water. 



Family LXXXVI. HOPLICHTHYID.E. 

 HoPLicHTHYS Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



347. Hoplichthys citrinus Gilbert. (G., p. 640.) 

 Deep sea; abundant. 



348. Hoplichthys platophrys Gilbert. (G., p. 642.) 

 Deep sea off Laysan; only one specimen known. 



Family LXXXVII. CEPHALACANTHID.I^ (Flying Gurnards). 



( Dactylopterida' . ) 



Dactyloptena Jordan and Richardson. 



(Proc. U. S. N. M., XXXIII, 1909, p. 665.) 



349. Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Lolo-oau. (J. & E., 

 p. 473.) 



Rather scarce. We are thus far unable to separate the Hawaiian Flying 

 Gurnard from the common Japanese species. The description of this species by 

 Jordan and Richardson, /. c, is from examples from Hilo. 



