FISHKS OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



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iiiidilli' of anal liii, rays all Ijraiicliril iirarly tn liasc, il in niiuiber, i)reiM'iU'd by a minute spine; pee- 

 torals short, roiimleil, not reaehini; vertical from vent; caudal rays deeply forked, the outer ray aliove 

 and l)elo\v nnbranclied, prei-eded Ijy 4 short spines at base of upper lobe, '.i at base of lower; caudal 

 fin rounded, its length one-lifth total length without caudal. 



Scales very small, cycloid, smooth, covering entire Ijody and i-lieeks; head otherwise naked; 

 rows above lateral line olilii|ue, not jiarallel with back; no enlarged scales along base of dorsal and 

 anal liris, where arc only a series of small noilular projections corresjionding in number to the rays; 

 median line of In'east anil belly in front of anus furnished with a series of large strongly keeled plates, 



Fig. 211.— .^'^»H););■W^.^■ ra.v < Jilbort, new species. Type. 



the keel bearing 2 orl^ eomi)res.seil, b.iekwardly ilirected spines, the posterior spine, the larger project- 

 ing'freely; plates 10 in number, decreasing in size anteriorly, the 8 anterior ones small, but sharply 

 keeled and spinous. In one of the cotypes there are ^2'^ rays each in the dorsal and anal, and 1 1 |ilat<'S 

 in the ventral series. 



Color in life silvery, overlaid with liglit rose color. 



Specimens were taken at stations No. ;W67, 1'ailolo t'hannel, 2S4 to L'!H) fathoms, and 4l;i4, vicinity 

 of Kauai, '2'2r> to 'A'.'A fathoms. 



Family C.M'ROID.j;. 



Cyttomimus, new genus. 



Allied to Oipromhniix Gill, from which it differs in having rough-clenoid, instead of cycloid, seale.=i 

 in having the thoraci<'. region wiile and flat, without ridge or spinous scutes, and in llie presence of 

 teeth on vomer and palatine bones. 

 Ct/Uomimus (jilhcTt, new genus of Caproidw {sictfjis). 



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