FISHES OK HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



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aiilcriiir in;ir;j;iiis of (irbits; iiill-opeiiiiii.' very slmrl, not (Icscuniliiifr to level of lower pectoral rays; 

 eaudal tin n'eiitly convex. 



Color i;rayish olive aliove, lighter below; back ami U|>|icr portion of siiles of beail, boily ami tail 

 witb small roumi brownish i;reen sjiots, about one-tliini size of l>ujiil; lower |iarts white, tins 

 unmarked. 



A specimen oti mm. lonj:, from station ^^IKi."), vicinity of l.aysan Island, depth IKi t.o 147 fathoms, 

 differs markedly in general jirojiortions from the type. It is nmch broader, with wider flatter inter- 



Flu. 2-112. — Aracdiia f^pitujiuta (iilbtTt, new sjjccios. Type. 



orbital .space, and the posterior half of the donsal face deeply concave transversely, instead of convex. 

 The breast is jriblxjus. In other respects, it agrees with the type and doubtless represents the last in 

 the series tif larval changes, which are very extensive in these forms. 

 But 2 si)ecimens secured. 



Family SCOUP^NII).^. 



Sebastapistes coloratus, new speci<'s. Fig. 243. 



Type, 77 mm. long, from station 3S4il, off tlie south coast (pf .Molcikai. di'|)th 4.'; to 7;! fathoms; type. 

 No. r)it)31, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Ileail47 hundredths of total length to base of caudal; diameter of orbit b>; width at middle of 

 interorbital space 6; length of snout 11; length of maxillary 20; dejith of body o8; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 9; longest (fourth) dor.sal .spine 20; eleventh ilor.sal spine 8; twelfth <lorsal spine 15; longest 

 dorsal ray 20; first anal spine 9; second anal sjiine 19; third anal spine Ki; longest pectoral ray 31; 

 longest ventral ray 24. 1). xii, 9, last ray divided to base, ajipearing like 2 distinct rays; A. in, 5; F. 

 17. Tubes in lateral line 25 or 2li. 



Eye much longer than snout, 3 times the least width of iiiteroil)ital siiace, which is moderately 

 concave; from middle of interorbital space a pair of well-marked longitudinal ridges diverging ante- 

 riorly to base of nasal spines and po.steriorly to occipital fossa, bri<lging the latter to join base of 

 parietal ridge; occipital fos.sa deeji, cpiadrate; preocular, supraocular, [lostocular, tympanic, parietal 

 and nuchal spines [iresent, tlie parietal and nuchal not in a straight line with the others; po.stocular 

 broail and triangular, tympanic slender, erect, thorn-like, jiarietal and nuchal comparatively low and 

 iiK-onspicuous; a group of 3 or 4 very small spines on ]iosterior orbital rim, followed jKisteriorly by a 

 ridge terminating in a small spine, these in a direct line with lower suprascapular ridge and spine; a 

 second smaller suiirascapular sj)ine, jiarallel with lirst, above point of origin of lateral line; upper 

 preopercular spine much the largest, in a direct line with subocnlar ridge, and bearing a minute spinous 

 point at its base; subocular ridge low !)Ut sharp, and bearing 3 minute spines; four short strong spines 

 below upper preopercular spine, thi; second not smaller than the third; proorbital with two strong 

 spines diverging from a common ba.se; nasal, preocular, su[iraocular, ])arietal, preorl)ital, and lower 

 preopercular sjiines accompanied by cutaneous Haps, wliicli are of moilerate wi<lth and mostly without 



