FISHES OK HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



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Scales large, adherent, tli().se on aiitcricir part of lieail preittly reduced in size; tliey densely ci>ver 

 entire iiead, includinfj; snout, the suborl)ital region, and tlie posteriorO.7 of tlie mandibular rami; guUir 

 and gill-membranes liare; on middle of sides each scale bears numerous very short appressed spines, 

 arranged usually in 1(> or IS parallel scries; there is some irregularity in the arrangement of the spines, 

 which sometimes break lank and sImw a tendency to form iu quincunx order; in the smaller scales of 

 snout and interorbital area tlie sjiines are greatly crowded, stand out vertically from the scales, and 

 are sometimes arranged in diverging series; there are lili series of scales in atlvanee of origin of second 

 dorsal tin. 



Fic. 'Jtvi. — Mtirrtmrns fniit/irfrrlnls Cilbrrl. new spccirs. 't\vp<' 



Color unifiMiii ilarU lirovvn or purplish hrown nn head, liody, and tins: gill-ca\ ily similarly colored: 

 inside of mouth lighter; peritoneum white, or oidy faintly dusky; barbel and ventral llkunents white, 

 dorsal tilauieut colori'd like rest of tin. 



< )nly the type known. / 



Coelorhynchus gladius (dlbcrl ^'i < 'ranier. 



Six specimens of this rare spec-ies were secured. In the longest S])e<amen, 238 nun., the scales 

 along bark near first dorsal fin have 40 to 50 minute ei|ual spiueU'ts, arranged in about 10 series, 

 wliicli are parallel throughout; the spines arc thus much iiKire numerous than in the smaller type 

 specimen aifd in other smaller speciuiens before us. In the figure of the type cited below, the enlargeil 

 cut (if the scale is very poor and misleading, the spines being much smaller than there shown, and 

 more closely set. The scales on the head hav(^ the spine'lets still more minute and more numerous, 

 arranged in slightly radiating series, and giving a rough shagreen-like texture to the head. 



The following additions and corrections may l>e made to the type description: liarbel variable in 

 size, and may ciiual 0.4 diameter of orbit; gill-membrane with a very narrow free margin behind; outer 

 jrill-slit not ]iore-like, but a slit 0.4 diameter of orbit; distance from inner base of ventrals to origin of 

 anal 0.3 length of head; vent at posterior end of a well-marked naked fossa; lining of mouth whitish 

 anteriorly, becoming dusky toward gullet: gill-i-avity siiglitly dusky, but not black, a dark bl<itcli on 



