FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ' (588 



minute white "jilanilular" organs cnnspicnuus, covcrin}; eyes and all fins as well as heail and trunk, 

 but absent on blind side. 



lu'A cotvpps from the same locality, the tin and seale counts are a,s follows; l>orsal To, 7t>, and 77; 

 anal 63, 63, and (i.'i; pectoral 4, 4, anil 4; ventral ■'), 5, an<l 5; scales in lateral Une 100, 00, and 00. 



Anticitharus debilis, new species. Plate 07. 



Type, a female, 173 nun. lonfx, from station 4103, Pailolo Channel, between .Molokai and Maui, 

 <leptli 132 to 141 fathoms; type, No. 51657, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



C'lo.sely related to ,!. polyxjnlus (iiinther (Shore-fishes, ('hallenjier, p. 4S, pi. I'L', fij;. A ) from I lie 

 Ki Islands, differing in the longer dorsal and anal tins, tlu' nnicli smaller scales, and the shorter ante- 

 rior curve in lateral line. 



Length of head 26 hundredths of total length without caudal; length of snout from iip]>cr orbit 

 7.."i, from lower orbit 5.5; horizontal diameter of njiper eye 7; length of maxillary 10; greatest deptli 

 37; depth of caudal peduncle 8; longest dorsal ray 10; longest anal ray 10; longest caudal ray 17; 

 longest [)ectoral ray, on left side 12, on right side 4.5; chord of curve of lateral line 12. I). 1 12; A. 01 ; 

 P. 13; scales in lateral line 05. 



Body slender, thin, and fragile, semitransjiarent, with deciduous smooth scales, and fragile tin 

 rays; anterior profile of snout deeply incurved in advance of upper eye, the terminal portion of siKuit 

 protruding hook-like beyond it; mouth rather large, oblique, the maxillary 0.4 length of head, reaching 

 a point behind front of pupil; lower jaw much shorter than upper; anterior preraaxillary teeth wholly 

 out.<ide mandibular symphysis in closed mouth; teeth in single series; all those in low'er jaw and the 

 anterior teeth of upper jaw are widely spaced moderate canines; lateral teeth in upper jaw much 

 smaller and more closely set; vomer and palatines toothless; eyes separated in females by a very 

 narrow bony septum, which is minutely channeled longitudinally, this accompanied by a single series 

 of narrow scales, or the series may be interrupted over middle of lower eye; males can be at once 

 detected by the slightly wider and more evidently groove<l interorbital space, the width of w hicli over 

 middle of eye is about 0.3 diameter of pupil; in males, the interorbital space is scaled throughout; the 

 vertical from the front of upper eye traverses lower eye a little in advance of pupil; no spines c pr tuber- 

 cles on head in either sex; gill-rakers short, slender, toothed; the longest half diameter of jinjiil; 10 

 gill-rakers on horizontal limb of outer arch, none being developed on vertical limb. 



Dorsal fin beginning on blind side of snout immediately behind nostril; the rays regularly gradu- 

 ated from the first to the longest, which is slightly behind middle of fin, none of them produced; 

 throughout the doi-sal fin the membrane extends nearly to tijis of rays, leaving only extreme tips 

 free; anal fin wholly similar; left ventral with an elongate ba.se and inserted on ridge of abdomen, its 

 posterior membranes slightly deflected to the left, its attachment lying immediately at left side of 

 ba.se of finst anal ray; caudal wedge-shaped, or double truncate with a rounded tip; right pectoral 

 MUK'h smaller than left, but with an equal number of rays. 



Scales cycloid on both sides, and caducous; terminal portion of snout naked, rest of head scalv; 

 each dorsal and anal ray accompanied by a single series of scales; caudal rays alone forked, carrving 

 several series of scales; pectorals and ventrals naked; anterior arch of lateral line flat-topped, its chord 

 contained 5.7 times in straight portion; no lateral line on blind side. 



Coloration: Light olive-brown, finely freckled with darker brown and sjiai-sely spotted wilhlight, 

 the spots irregular in outline, each surrounded by a darki'r ring; spots principally distributed on head 

 and near outlines of body; two sjxits on lateral line, one near mid<lle of its length, acconqianied with a 

 large dark spot; vertical fin rays finely mottled, with oblong dark blotches at intervals of 10 to 15 ravs. 



In 5 specimens, whi<'h do not include the type, the fin rays and scales are as follows: Doi-sal I II, 

 114, 116, 116, and 117; anal 00, 02, 06, 02, and 05; pectoral 13, 15, 13, 14, and 14; scales in lateral line 

 07, 04, OS, 06, and . 



The genus Anlicilharn.s is most nearly allied to Aniogloxxns, from which it differs principally in the 

 very fine scales. 



Taken at the following stations: Nos. 3832, off the south coast of Molokai, 142 to 153 fathoms; 

 3957, near Lay.san Island, 173 to 220 fathoms; 3058, near Laysan Island, 173 to 182 fathoms; 4101, 

 Pailolo Channel, 122 to 143 fathoms; 4103, Pailoh, Channel, 1.32 to 141 fathoms. 



