<)2n TSTTLLKTIN OF THE IGNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Scales large, the t'ici' iLiaririus finely ctennicl, iMugli to tlir Imicli; head wlidlly scale<l as far forward 

 aH friint of orliits; the short snout naked; eximsed portinn i'i maxillary scaled, but no scales can 

 lie detected on inandililes, or liranchiostet;al njcnihranes; lateral line" ascending rapidly to the hack, 

 and running along hase of dorsal tin, separated frinn it hy u series nf narrow half-scales whicli more 

 or less coincide with and overlap tlie scales of the lateral line. 



Color in life: light |iurplish red on iijiper parts, silvery helow, a few minute scattered blue s|iots 

 on )iosterior half of caudal peduncle; pectorals translucent; other fins light jiurplish red; anal mar- 

 gined with yellow; the ]irojecting tiiisof menilirani's of dorsal siiines yellow. 



Only the tyjie known. 



liiniilv 1,.ABRID,€. 



Cirrhilabrus jordani Snyder. 



Station Ij.s7<i, channc^l between Maui and Lanai, L'.s to 4il fathoms. 



Pseudocheilinus evanidus .Jordan t*c l'',vermann. 



Stations No. oSTij, channel between Maui and Lanai, 32 to .'57 fathoms; :W7fi, channel lietween 

 Maui and Lanai, 28 to -iS fathoms; 407S, off the north coast of Maui, Ijit to 78 fathoms. 



Family P()MACENTRII),+:. 



Chromis leucurus, new sjiecies. I'late 77, fig. 2. 



Type, Hti )nm. long, measured to tip of middle caudal rays, from station .■!S7."i, .\van Cliamiel, 

 lietween Maui and Lanai, depth «4 to 6o fathoms: tyjie. .')l.iS7, \' . S. N'at. >[us. 



Length of head :>2 hundredths of total lengtli to base of caudal ("lUm.); greatest depth ."d ; least 

 ilejith of caudal iJeduncle 16; diameter of orbit 12; interorbital width 11 ; lengtli of maxillary 9; length 

 of snout 9; distance from tiji of snout to front of dorsal 40; liighest ilorsal spine 19; longest dor.sil ray 

 25; second anal sjiine 2:H; filamentous caudal rays 60; length of pe/toral 85; length of ventral M4. D. 

 _\ir, 14, the last ray cleftto base; A. ii, 16; P. 16. Tubes in lateral line K!; cross-series of scales 20 or 21. 



I'lody short an<l deep, re.sembling PoiiKicnilnia, with a short high caudal pedtnicle, which does not 

 {■onspicuously tajier toward tail; heail short and small, a little less than one-third length, eye large, a 

 little more than one-third head; mouth small: maxillary liarely reaching vertical from front of eye; in 

 the front of each jaw a wide band of villiform teelh. preceded liy asingle series of strong cfinical acute 

 teeth, a little flattened at base, liut uniforndy tapi'ring to the acute apex; the anterior series is con- 

 tinued on sides of jaw. the teeth of this series nuich reduced in size; free margins of ]ireorbital and 

 preopercle entire. 



lior.sal sjiines evenly graduated, n(jne of them as long or strong as second anal siiine; both anal 

 and soft dorsal have acute lobes, with filamentous tips which extend well beyond base <if caudal; caudal 

 deeply forked, both lobes filamentous, produced in long thread-like streamers; outer ventral ray lila- 

 mentous, reaching same vertical as pectoral, which terminates above first .soft ray of anal. 



Scales large, ctenoid, I'aducotis, rather irregularly imbricated; lateral line terminating' undi'i- last 

 dorsal spine. 



t'olor iu life, deep brownish black, moi-e intense posteriorly and on soft ilorsal and anal lins; pos- 

 terior half of caudal peduncle and caudal fin white, as are also tips of posterior doi-.sal and anal rays; 

 a blackish spot on base of pectorals, a lemon-yellow band behind it across basal jiortion of tin; \'entrals 

 leinon-yellow, outer ray and sjiine dusky; in a young cotype, the sides are nnich lighter, becoming 

 dusky on caudal peduncle; soft dorsal and anal black. 



Specimens taken at stations SS75, channel lietween Maui and Lanai, :'.4 to i;.'-i fathoms, and 11982, 

 vicinity of Kauai, 40 to 2:i:i fathoms. 



Dascyllus albisella (till. 

 Station 3968, French Frigate Shoal, 14i to 16i fathoms. 



"The lateral line has been omitted by error in the accouiimnying drawing. 



