FISriKS OV HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



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lit'liinil orbit; tct-tli very lino, in nariow biuulson nian<lil)leancl noiiht, ina broad liandin prcMnaxillarics; 

 palatines toiitlilesK; no slit or pore Ix'tiind fourth arch; fjill-rakcrs scarcely movable, spinous, few in 

 number. 



Dorsal spiiu'S coniprcsscd, the third murli proihicrd licyond the others, the iirst spine about 

 equaling the eleventh, the second eijualint; tlie seventh; third, fourth, and liftli spines all hij;her than 

 the soft rays; membrane from last dorsal ray joining almost entire length of caudal peduncle. Second 

 and third anal si>ines about e<|ual, the third appearing longer, the three spines seemingly graduated; 

 ventrals reaching half-way between vent and front of anal; jjectorals to ojijiosite niid<lle of anal base; 

 upper pectoral ray simple, second to seventh rays forked at tiji, the remaining rays simple, thickened, 

 a little exserted, the ninth ray longest: pectoral not at all procnrrent below, the base of the lowest ray 

 vertically undc-r or a little behind the uppermost ray. 



Scales all cycloid, small, somewhat irregularly arranged, completely investing the boily; hi'ad and 

 tins wholly naked. 



Color in life very brilliant. Head, body, and lins bright vermilion, ujiper iiartsof head and bocly 

 darkened with olive tint, and with small .scattered i)uriilish spots, which are also found on upper half 





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Fig. 245. — Pdoropsitt .ixnops (iilln-rt, new spfcii-s. Tyytu. 



of pectoral tin; head, lower jiarts of body, and lins mottled with yi'llovvish white; tlajis and tentacles 

 narrowly edged with bright lemon-yellow; a large blackish blotch below eye, one on ojiercle and one 

 at base of [lectoral; a conspicuous broad, yidlowish white bar on each side of compressed part of rostrum; 

 three groups of brownish sjiots along base of dor.sal fins; conspicuous white sjiots on back of tail and 

 at base of ei.ghth and ninth dorsal spines; a larger blotch below tlii^ latter just above lateral line. 

 Only the type known. 



Helicolenus rufescens, m-w species. Fig. 24(>. 



Ty]ie, 105 mm. long, from ^^tation 41M:), vicinity of Kauai, depth 41 to !(;.") fathoms: type, Xo. 

 .51628, U. S. Nat. JIns. 



Head 4S hundredths of total length to base of caudal; diameter of (jrbit Ml; width of middle of 

 interorbital space 5; length of snout 14; length of maxillary 24; depth of body o7; least depth eaudai 



