FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ()13 



Fiimil) MACKORHAMl'IKiSID.i:. 

 Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis, new t<[n'cii's. Fijf. 287. 



Type, 41' miii. loiiix, from slatioii .'liMd, iieur I.;iy«iii IsUiml, ilcpth ')!! to 7(1 1'atlionis?; type, No. oltilS, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Length of hua<l 4!t IninihiMltlis of total leunth to base of eaudal; lengtli of i^noiit 28; diameter (jf 

 orliit S; interorljital widlli (■ver middle of eye 7; greatest depth of body 22; distance from tip of snout 

 to dorsal fi.S; length of second dorsal spine "i:!; base of secotid ciorsalli. I), v-12: A. IS, tlie last ray 

 cleft to the base; 1'. 15. 



Most nearly relateil to .)/. japuuirus (Ciuntherj and .V. f/mcUis (Lowe), the form more slender than 

 in .1/. scolojiii.f (LinnaMis) or .1/. .«((/{/'(((' .Jordan & Starks, the dor.sal spine with very small spinelets 



Fni. '2''i~. — Mdcntrliarnphnyiis liitiriu/t j/s/.v Ciltn-rt, lli-w spt'cics. Tyl"_'. 



along its pcjsterior edge, i)erhai)s smootli in adults; predorsal jilatc broader and less compressed than 

 in M. angifui;, and top of head covereil with coarser scales, the crests of which form sharply marked 

 ridges; second dor.sal spine compressed and strongly ridged, its tip reaching middle of soft dorsal, it.s 

 length two-fifths the distance from gill-opening to base of caudal; in a smaller cotype, 25 nun. long, 

 the spine reaches the second or third soft dorsal ray; ridges on top and sides of head sIkjw little or no 

 trace of serration. 



Color dark slate on liack ami toji of head, bright silvery elsi-whcre. 



Two specimens known from station :)940. 



Family SVNCNATHID.i;. 



Ichthyocampus erythrseus, new s|iccies. Fig. 2:!S. 



Tyiie, .5.5 nmi. long, fronj station .'!S47, taki^n with the tangles at a dcjjth of '_':; (o L'4 fathoms off the 

 soull ast of Molokai; tyjie, No. 51.548, U.S. Nat. Mus. 





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Fig. '^.m.-Ichl/iyitcaiiiims t ri/llinnta tiilljcrl, m*w spuriuH. Type. 



