652 BULLETIN OF THK TTNITKI) STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



sliuhtlv PWdlleii on eacli ?i<lc nicilian line, the surface linely nisxosc; iireoperriilar spine lonji, very 

 slender, ami straitclit, emlin.L,' in a lung ta|>eiiii<.' ["linl ilirerlnl hackuanl; ii|i|ier eilfieuf spine furnished 

 with H small saw-like teeth, direrted tiiward hase (if spine, the anterior teeth smallest; lower edjie of 

 spine .smooth; a stront; hooked sjiine at base, on outer surface; preopereular spine extending to 

 operrular eilge, aud e((ual ill length to diameter of eye. 



Ill males, the lirsl dorsal s]iine is very long and tilameiitous, reaching to or licyoiid middle of soft 

 dorsal. In llie type, it extends to liasi' of the seMMitli dorsal lay; otlier s]iines are regularly shortened; 

 tip of last dorsal ray reaching slightly lievoml base of u]iper cau<lal rays; anal lin beginning and ending 

 slighllv behind lirst and last dorsal rays; tip of last anal ray in the same vertical with tip of last dorsal 

 rav; membrane of inner ventral ray joining anterior face of pectoral base at lieginning of its upper 



fourth; longest pi'ctoral ray reaching slightly beyond vertical of the si iid anal ray, the inner ventral 



ray falling a little short of tliis vertical; median caudal rays extraordinarily produced in adult males, 

 a little exceeding length of head and trunk; the single lateral line runs out on camUd tin fm a distance 

 equaling twice diameter of eye, accompanying the fourth fully devidojied ray of upper caudal lobe. 



Color in spirits, brownish, grayish brown, or grayish jiink on ilorsal region, white below; back with 

 4 or Ti rather indistinct darker cross-bars, and .5 small dark spots on midiile of sides; a faint dark streak 

 below eye, and one downward from ba.se of preopereular siiines; upper half of body marked also with 

 numerous idund gray spots of varying size, each spot surrounded by a blackish line; dorsal black at 

 base and tip, the filamentous ray whitish; soft dor.sal and caudal cross-lianded; anal fin black, with 

 liroad white tips to the rays in adult males; upper face of ventrals dusky, paired fins otherwise 

 uninarkeil; under surface of head most characteristically ornamented in adult males; a broad jet-black 

 bar occupying median line of throat, broadening .slightly on front of breast, where it terminates; from 

 this bar there diverge on either side aliout .S narrow jet-lilack streaks, which pursue a nearly parallel 

 curved cour.se over gill-membranes and over membrane joining inner ventral ray to pectoral base; 

 each black streak i.s divided lengthwise b)' a narrow silvery line and margined above and below liy 

 wider silvery lines, the interspaces otherwise grayish silvery. Females and young males have throat 

 unmarked, the first dor.sal spine not produced, and the caudal shorter. Pectoral rays usually .0 in 

 number but varying from 19 to I'l. Dorsal and anal rays invariably as given for the type. 



Specimens were taken at the following statifnis: Nos. 3847, off the south coast of Molokai, 'S.\ to L'4 

 fathoms; :W(il, Pailolo Channel, 30 to 52 fathoms; 4032, Penguin Bank, south of ()ahu,27to 29 fathoms. 



A fine female s|iecimen of this species has been subsequently presented by Mr. Max Schleminer, 

 who secured it at Laysan Island. 



F.iiiiih HARPAClFERlDf,. 



Draconetta hawaiiensis, new s|iecies. Plate ill. 



Type, •'iS mm. long, from station 411)2, clianiicl between Molokai and Maui, de|ith 122 to 132 

 fathoms; type. No. ."iltvW, V. S. Nat. Mus. 



Very near /'/v«™k//(( .v /ii/w .lordaii and Ko\n ler, fioiu .lapaii ( Proc. I'. S. Nat. .AIiis., XX\', litll3, 

 9.3t(l. differing in the smaller eye, the straight opi'icular spine, the longer strongei' sidiopercular 

 siiine, thc> longer dorsal spines, and the longer ventral tins. In liii-formui.e, general proportions and 

 color, there is close corres|«iiiileuce between the 2 species. 



Head (measured to end of subopercular spine). 33 htmdredths of total length, without i-andal; 

 depth of body 14; eye 11; maxillary 9. D. Ill, 12; A. 12; P. 21. 



Snout short and shar]!, triangular, premaxillaries projecting on niiddle line for more than j length 

 of snout; prema.xillaries very protractile, their spines reaching almost to middle of interorbital sjiace; 

 cleft of mouth hori/oiital, narrow, at lower side of snout, the mandible everywhere included: maxillary 

 reaching a \ertiial midway between front of orliitand front of ]iupil; teeth all villiforni, in moderate 

 bands in tlii' jaws only; interorbital sjiace very narrow , about ! the luipil, with a shallow groove in its 

 anterior half only; o|)ercle greatly reduced in size, forming a strong spine directed upward and back- 

 ward; it is either straight or very little curved near its tip, and is directed toward liase of upper pectoral 

 rays. In D. xinica, it i.s shorter and moreareheil, directed toward a point in advance of first dorsal spine. 

 Suboperele also developed as a long strong spine; opercular and subopercular spines diverging, the 

 interspace filled by a soft membrane, which forms the middle portion of gill-flap; subopercular spine 



