FISHKS OK HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



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First a.)i«il spiiu- miu-h prndiicf.l mul tilaiiieiilous, cxtcniliiif; to or sli^lilly l)cyon.l l,a,-c ot la>l 

 .lorsal rav scrond spine ^^ll<)l•t, not rcachinj! ori-in of soft .lor«il wlirn ,lrpn-ssr,l: ll.ir.l an.l lourlh 

 spiiirHi-Hpi.llvana ciually sl.ortencl; neither soft doi-sal n..ranal elevated; last anal ray reaehln^' when 

 deelin.Ml t,. or nearly to eandal Imse; soft dorsal inserted more anteriorly, so that its last ray fads to 

 ,,.„-h einidal randai tin pointed, hnt with none of its rays prodiu-e<l or lilanientoiis; membrane of 

 inn.M- ventral ray joinin- l.as.- of peetoral at end of its npp.T fonrth; ventrals rea.O.infr vent; po<-torals 

 to base of second anal ra\'. 



Color in life, back with 4 liri-ht re.l bars extendinu nearly to nii.l.lU- ol sides, the lirst bar broad, 

 oeenpyin- nape an<l base of spinous dorsal; the second broader, underlyinfr anterior halt ol soft 

 donsal"; the third less than half tlic wi.lth of the second, liicated under last dorsal rays; the fonrth, 

 on caudal peduncle, afpiin wider; lower half of sides marked with 4 irregular bro\v nish black blotches, 

 each formini,' a downward contimiation of one of the re.l bands, the anterior blotch very small, the 

 second the largest, the spaces between these dark blot.-hes pearly while; a dark blotch m the nuddle 



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Fig. 2&2.—CalUonymus nif)ror/«i'/«s Gilljert, new si>ccicf 



Type. 



,,f the lower caudal rays, a smaller one near tips of rays, 2 very narrow blue liands near middle ol tin; 

 anal black throughout; a small bla.'k spot in axil of ventral fins; dorsals whitish, unmarked; njiper 

 surface of head, including upper half of eye but not snout, reddish; lower parts whitish. 



' Two specimens here designated as cotypes, of al)out equal size with the type, were taken at 

 station 3S47, off the south coaat of Molokai, at a depth of 28 fathoms. These have the following hn- 

 forraulivs: Dorsal iv-S, anal 7; dorsal iv-9, anal 8. 



The srwcies was taken at stations Nos. 3847, off the south coast of Molokai, 23 lathoms, and oS,*,, 

 channel between Maui and Lanai, 28 to 43 fathoms. 



Calliurichthys decoratus, new sjiecies. Plate fill. 



Type, S, 183 mm. long (111 mm. long t.. base of caudal), from station 41132, reiiguin I'.ank, ..fi' 

 the southern coast of Oahu, 27 fathoms; type No. 5bitlti, V. S. Nat. Mus. 



tUosely related to C inponioi^ (Ilouttuyn), but distinguished from that and all other known species 

 by the (in-fornuila, the i)resence (in the male) of a single lilainentons dorsal spine, and the remark- 

 ai.ly beautiful decoration of the throat and branchiostegal membranes. The .■an.lal is excee.lingly 

 idongate, as in C. japoniriix. 



I,engthof head (measured to opercular margin) :!ll hundredths of total length without caii.lal; 

 depth II; width at ba,se of pectorals 20; length of snout 10; diameter of eye 7.o; length of maxillary 

 K- distance between branchial pores 10; distance from tip of snout to first dorsal spine 26; length ol 

 first dorsal spine 50; length of second dorsal spine 13; distance between dor.sals 7; length of .■audal 

 104; longest ventral rav 28; longest pectoral ray 22. D. vi-i); A. 8; P. 20. 



Snout short, declivous, as in C jnponkm; maxillary barely reaching vertical from front ..l orbit; 

 teeth in narrow villiform bands in jaws only; eyes large, 3^ in head measured to branchial pore, sepa- 

 rated only by a sharp bonv interorbital ridge which has no trace of a lengthwise groove; occipital region 



