G2(? BULLETIN OK THE UNITED STATES KISH ('OMMISSK >N. 



Cantherines sandvichensis (i^iupy iV: (iaimanl). 



(till' yiiiini.' speciiiien taken willi tanylfs at statimi 41li!'i, \irinity ul' \>\v<\ Ii^iaml, ilejilh L'4 tn 40 

 fatluinis. 



Sides siiMiowliat Ijlntrlu'd with light and darl<, thr ilark iiiarliinus assniiiint; l'<inii of faint liars im 

 lu'ad, and at liaw of d^r.-al and anal fins; dursal rontainini; '.Ut rays, anal M2. 



Family CANTHIC.ASTiiRlD.E. 



Canthigaster cinctus (Kicliardsim ). 



Tluve siiocinicns of this iMns|iicminsly ccilnrcd spcrics were drcilgcd in shallow wattT about the 

 islands. 



Head 4(1 hnndredthsof total length withont I'andal; depth of eamlal pednnde inunediately lieliind 

 anal tin 24; length of snout 2(i; interorliifal width Kt; diameter of orliit 12; length <if gill-slit 7, not 

 descending to level o( lower peetoral rays; longest pectoral ray 15; height of d(.irsal'17; length of 

 caudal :!1. D. 10; A. H: 1'. 17. 



Back compressed; interorliital space gi'Ufly concave; ujiper jirotile of snout longitudinally gently 

 concave; entire body and head, except extreme tip and lower side of snout, covered with very 

 short slender spiines; nostril minute, consisting of a very short open tul.ie, scarcely discernible without 

 the aid of a, lens; caudal tin gently convex, with the outer rays slightly produced. 



Color in life light olivaceous; back with 4 broad brownish black bars directed downward and for- 

 ward; one covers the back of cautlal jieduncle sa\e a narrow sjiace immediately behind dorsal tin, and 

 narrows downward, its jiointed lower eml Vielow axis of lioily and beneath front of dorsal; the second 

 bar includes base of dorsal and an area in front of tin, narrowing to a )ioint below middle of sides; tlie 

 third bar cros.ses napi' and ends at uiijicr limit of base of pectoral tins; the fourth covers posterior half 

 of interorliital space; njiper and lower margins of caudal tin lirownisli black; snout dusky; the top and 

 sides of head and the light intervals between bars covered with light yellow spots (not bluish, as given 

 by Vail lant and Sauvage), which are usually roundish, and smaller than pupiil; these sometimes arrange 

 themselves in lines bordering the dark bars, those about eye frequently coale.sce to form longitudinal 

 streaks, and those on lower piart of cheeks may unite to form a lengthwise, more or less liroken line; 

 there may be a line also bordering gill-slit anteriorly. 



Specimens were taken at the following stations: Nos. :!,sri(), off the south I'oast of Jlolokai, 411 to 

 66 fathoms; 4071, off the north coast of :Maui, 52 to 56 fathoms; 412S, vicinity of Kauai, 6s to "10 

 fathoms. 



Tdruilun {Ailiixmiiis} niniiinliis Vtulhuit A SiillviiKr. Hcviie ct Mil};, ile Zoiil. (H) III, lS7.^i, 2SI1. 



Family ()STR.\Clll).4i. 

 Aracana spilonota, new species. Fig. 242. 



Type, i)4 mm. long, from station MD.'llI, vicinity of Laysan Island, ilepth 5;i to Ki:! fathoms; tyjie. 

 No. 516:i0, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Head 31 hundredths of total length without caudal; greatest depth 44; greatest width (without 

 spines) 50; width of lateral face 38; width of dorsal face 21; length of free jiortion of tail 10; length of 

 snout 24; width over middle of eyes IS; diameter of orbit Hi; length of giU-openingo; longest peetoral 

 ray 10; longest dorsal ray 15; longest caudal ray 2:!. Ii. 10; ,\. 0; 1'. 12; ('. 11. 



Ilody with () ridges, incliuling a low ridge on each lateral face; no mid-dorsal or mid-ventral crest; 

 a pair of strong s|iines near middle of dorsal ridges, and a corresponding but smaller ]iair near middle 

 of ventral ridges, both cora|iress(>il and slightly hooked backward; no other s]nnes on body, but a 

 series of low prominences along ventral ridges, which may dcvelo]i into spines in other specimens; the 

 liody plates exhibit 5 to 7 low ridges I'adiating from center, each ridge with a series of small grannies; 

 abdominal plates with more prominent granules, but much les« rough than in .1. anilmtn (Houttuyn); 

 free ]iortion of tail wholly invested with small movable jilates, which cover lateral iiortions as fully as 

 ujiper or lower sides; dorsal face gently convex, interorliital space strongly I'oiu'ave, ujipiT prolile of 

 snout jierfectly straight; breast not gibbous; i-yes l.irge, their diameter grea(ei'than distance sejiarating 



