(V^H BULLETIN (IF THK TNITKD STATE!^ FISH COMMISSION.' 



last ray .split to liase; anal base 27 liiindndtlis of Icuixth: lirst 2 anal rays simple, others forked near 

 tips, the last ilivideil to base; none of the lower pectoral rays inodilled; some of the upper rays 

 longest, 24 hundredths of length; Inwer rays progressively shortened, the Ijase oliliiiuely proeurrent; 

 a few of the longer luiildle rays forked, but most of them sim]ile; ventral fins inserted slightly in 

 advance of lower base of ])ect<irals; ventral spine strong, half the length of the third ray, which is the 

 longest, 17 hundredths of length; all ventral rays forkeil; caudal truncate or slightly mundcd, the 

 rays all forked, except the shorrene<l proeurrent rays at ujiper and lower margins of the fin. 



Scales very large, those above lateral line in series parallel with the back; scales marked with very 

 line (;oncentric lines having their center near the free margin; they have no radiating stride, but 

 the fri'e margin is densely lieset with short spines; scales thus not of the normal type, having the 

 jiectinalion ctenoid ami the cmii-eNtric rings cycloid, though the centei- of the rings is again abnormal 

 in position; scales below lateral hue much smaller llian those on back, and becoming still smaller 

 on belly and breast, where their margins are mostly entire; cheeks, ojiercles, and occiput scaled, 

 sucput an.l jaws naked; small scales also covering bases of caudal ami pectoral lins; lateral line 

 descending in a curve to middle of sides, wliich it reaches under rjiiddle of s(jft dorsal. 



Color in life, reddish above, over an olive ground; lielly whitish; the red color intensilied on 

 cheeks, on opercles, in a blotch umler spinous dorsal, one under soft dorsal and one on caudal peduncle; 

 soft dorsal an<l caudal liarred with red, ami translucent, anal and spinous dorsal uniform red: pectorals 

 marki'il with irregular red blotches; vcntrals silvery, tinged with red. 



In the colyi'c, .sii mm. lo?ig, from the same locality, there are 2!l scales in the lateral line, and 24 

 rays in each |>cctoral lln. No other differences have been <lctei-ted. 



Only 2 specimi'iis secured. 



Rimiiy pi:kisti<:i)1ii).j;. 



Peristedion hians (lilliert A Cramer. 



Frei|uently taken in dejiths of 22.'i to :;,'i() fathoms, but never in large numbers. The following 

 details may be added to the original description: Length of head contained 2.(1.') to 2.7o times in length. 

 (If Id specimens examineil as to lin rays, 7 have D. vii, 21, A. 21; 2 siiiH-imens have H. vil, 21, A. 22: 

 I has II. VII, 22; A. 22. Last dorsal si'ine attached by membrane to first soft rav, the notch lietween 

 the 2 apparently deepest in adults. First 5 or 6 i^lates accompanying lateral line forming a short 

 convex curve above pectorals. Mandibular joint opposite, or sliirhtly in advance of, anterior third 

 of orbit; spinous plates on mandibular rami compressed, attached by their edge; gill-rakers 4 -| 22 in 

 number, 2 or 3 at either en<l of series reduce<l to soft jiaiallie; 8 very short thick pyloric ca^ca; ovaries 

 united posteriorly. The stomach contains the remains of small crustaceans, together with nuich that 

 is unidentiliable. 



Color in life dull redilish, young with much dusky marking, which is e.speciallv developed alou" 

 margins of plates on head and body Adults nearly uniform clear red. Spinous dorsal black; pectorals 

 black, narrowly margined with white in young, in adults dusky in distal half only. 



In young specimens, the lateral margins of the head show usually 2 projections which disappear 

 with age, one below anterior border of orbit, the other below jiosterior border; all the s])ines of the 

 head are much higher in the young, the interorbital space aii)>eariiig more deeply concave. Inunedi- 

 ately above the long preopercular spine, there develops usually in older individuals a slender sjiine 

 directed upward and backwaril. 



The species was taken at the following stations: Xos. ;!,s;i'J, off the south coast of :\lolokai, 2o9 to 

 2G6 fathoms; 38(17, Pailolo Channel, 284 to 290 fathoms; 3911, off the south coast of Oahu, 334 to 337 

 fathoms; 3912, off the south coast of Oahu, 310 to 334 fathoms; 3917, off the south coast of Oahu, 294 

 to 330 fathoms; 3919, off the south coast of Oahu, 220 to 257 fathoms; 3920, off the south coast of 

 Oahu, 2().T to 280 fathoms; 3988, vicinity of Kauai, Kj.t to 409 fathoms; 4001, vicinity of Kauai, 2,30 to 

 277 fathoms; 408.5, off the north coast of Maui, 207 to 283 fathoms; 4122, off the southwest coast of 

 Oahu, 192 to 3.52 fathoms; 4130, vicinity of Kauai, 283 to ,309 fathoms; 4i;i2, vicinity of Kauai, 257 to 

 312 fathoms; 4134, vicinity of Kauai, 225 to 334 fathoms; 413(i, vicinity of Kauai, 294 to 352 fatliom.s. 



Peristedion liiaiis GilborL ct Cruuior, I'rur. I'. S. Nat. Mus. XIX, 1SU7, Il'.t, pi. XI.I, lij(.s. 1, 2. . 



