FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 043 



The species was tuki-ii at tlu' I'olluwiiiji: stations: Nos. 8849, off the south coast of Molokai, 4.'i to 73 

 lailioms; 3850, off llu- smith coast of Molokai, 43 to 6t) fathoms; 3876, channel between Maui and 

 Lanai, 28 to 43 fathoms; 4002, vicinity of Kauai, •■i3 tn 230 fathoms; 4024, vicinity of Kauai, 24 to 43 

 fatiioms; 4034, Penjiuin Bank, soutli coastof Oalui, 14 to 28 fathoms; 4073, off the north coast of Maui, 

 (>!» lo 78 fatlioms; 407ii, off tlie nortli c(]astof Maui, 49 to o; fathoms; 4128, vicinity of Kauai, <)8 to 9(1 

 fallioms; 4158, vicinity of Bird Islanil, 20 to .30 fathoms. 



hlmi,, rris lib rusliiiiiiu .Iclikilis. Hull. V . S. Kisli Ci.tii. for Iswi (HIOI), 40J. 



Neopercis roseoviridis, new sjiccics. Plate S3. 



Tyj)c, 71 mm. lonj;, from station 4077, off the mirlhcast coast <]f Maui, dc)itli 99 to lOli fathoms; 

 tyi.i; No. 51050, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Most nearly allied to .V. niiilti/'isridlii. Dcidcrlcin, I'roui .lapau. diffcrini; most consiiicuously in llic 

 much larger eye ami in lliccolcir. 



Head 30hundrcdtlis i.f total lent;! 1 1, w itliout i-amlal; .Icpth \'.>: dcptli <if <'auilal iicduncle 9; maxil- 

 lary U; snout 7; eye 12; interorbital width 2. 1>. v-23; .\. 20; P. 19or20. Lateral line with .55 jiores 

 (00 ol)li(|ue rows runnintr downward and liarkwanl above it); 21 scales in a cross-series from front, of 

 ajial lin. 



Ilcail wide and much ile]iressiMl atdcciput; snout short and roumled; mouth obli(|Ue, ma.\illary 

 ri'acliing vertical from front of i>upil; narrow liand of villiform teeth in uiii)er jaw, the outer series 

 enlarged, esi)ecially anteriorly; lower jaw with a narrow band of villiform teeth anteriorly, whieli 

 taijcrs laterally to a single series of larger teeth; a short .series of enlarged teetli in a straight line in 

 front of symphyseal [lart of mandibular band; a single .series on vomer and j)alatines; a single strong 

 opercular spine, head otherwise unarmed; gill-membranes broadly joined across thnjal. witli a poste- 

 rior free margin; brancbiostegal rays 6, as in 7nHltifa>i<iat(i. 



Dorsal spines regularly graduated, the fourth and longest spine uniteil fully by membrane to tirsl 

 soft ray; last dorsal ray reaching caudal base when declined; pectorals reaching vertical from lirst anal 

 ray, ventrals to base of third anal ray; caudal gently convex. 



Scales ctenoid, except on breast and abdomen; present on cheeks and opercles, but lacking on rest 

 6( head; lateral line convexly curved in its anterior portion, reaching axis of body at about mi<ldie of 

 trunk. 



( iround color light ro.se above, cro.ssed by 5 pairs of broad brownish green bars, a single narrower 

 dark bar across the nape; these bars correspond in jjosition with tiie much narrower black bars of miil- 

 lifii.iciiitiix; no black spot at liase of caudal; spinous dorsal largely black; three ill-defined cross-bars on 

 me<lian caudal rays; fins otherwise unmarked. 



A cotype from the same station is 62 mm. long, and has the dor.'.-al iv-23; anal 20; pectoial 19 ni- 

 20; scales in lateral line 57. Only 2 specimens obtained. 



N. ;»H/((/V(sc/((/r( is described and ligured as having 5 dorsal spines. In specimens examined, 4 

 have 4 spines, 2 have 5 spines. 



Benibrops filifera, new species. Plate S4. 



Type, a male, 223 nun. long, from station 40.SO, off the northeast coast Maui, de|itli 178 to 202 

 fathoms; type, No. 51013, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Differing fi'om />. rtniflimacuhi Steindacbner in the much smaller scaii'S. and Ir'om all kiH)wii si)ecies 

 in the filamentous lirst dorsal spine and the coloration. 



Head 37.5 hundredths of total length (caudal cxclndecl) ; snout 13; eye 8; maxillary 14.5; inter- 

 orbital width 1.3; greatest depth 12; least depth caudal ])eduncle 5.5. D. vi 14; A. 18; P. 2(1 and 27; 

 V. 1. 5. Scales in lateral line 64 or 65, 6.5 between lateral line and anterior dorsal rays. 



Snout very long, depressed, spatulat(^, longitudinal, concave, resembling a duck's beak; mandible 

 very projecting, dentigerous area at tip ])rotruding above upjier profile of snout; cleft of mouth a little 

 obliijue; maxillary reaching a vertical little in advance of inijiil, ami bearing at ti]) a long narrowly 

 triangular lleshy Hap; teeth villiform, everywhere in bands, inner teeth always longer, <-urveil, readily 

 dejircssilile; premaxillary bands greatly widen«xl anteriorly, a wide naked area se|)arating tliem 

 mesially; teetli also contimied around on exposed surfai^e of ])remaxillaries, and visible from 

 above; vomerine patch divided into 2 portions by a naked mesial furrow, the very long narrow pala- 



