FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. <iS^5 



111 life, griiuiiil (■ol(iriiliv<'-i;ray, Heckeil with olive-lirowii; a^^l■l■iesof large spots near ilnrsal ami anal 

 outlines of Imrly, anil snnie intennediale spots olive-gri'en, witli olive-brown ocellating rings; an inter- 

 oi-nlar liar, anil sonic s|«ils on rostrum bright greenish yellow; intervals between rostral spots with 

 nuicli blue; vertical tins finely ilotteil with lirown, ami niarkeil witli ei|ui(listant oblong lirown spots. 

 (Inly the type speeiinen is known. 



Platophrys inermis, new species. Fig. "JtiS. 



Type, a female, I7it mm. long, from station 41112, I'ailolo Channel, between Molokai ami ^laiii, 

 depth ll'l' to \:a fathoms; type. No. 51(>48, V. 8. Nat. Mii.s. 



Length of head L't! hundredths of total length without, caudal; length of snout, from lower eye o.,i, 

 from upjiereye II; diameter of up])er eye .S; interorliital width "> (5.5 in male); length of maxillary 

 10; de|)th of body 45; deiith of cauilal peduncle 9.5; longest dorsal ray 10; longest caudal ray lit; 

 longest ray of left pectoral l(i; chord of curve of lateral line Iti. D. 100; A. S6; V. 18; scales in lateral 

 line 87. 



Body sinistral, of moderate depth; outlines evenly curved; no angU' abovi' upper eye in either sex; 

 mouth oblii|ue; maxillary reaching vertical from front of pupil; luandilmlar symphysis with no spine 

 and scarcely iirotruding beyond lower profile; teeth slender, conical, in a single series in each 





Kli;. "Jils. — Plftl<tpliv;/s //(' );/i/.s- ililtiiTl. m-w siu-cics. 'I'} pr. 



jaw; palate unarmed; front of upper eye slightly behind vertical from froni of pupil of lower eye; 

 interorbital space gently concave; gill-rakers slender, short, about 0.2 diameter of pupil. 10 in nundier 

 on horizontal limb of outer arch. 



First dorsal ray inserted well on blind side of snout, imnieiliately above nostrils, more widelv 

 se])arated than other rays, and provided anteriorly with a free mend)ranons llap; none of the dor.sal 

 rays jiroduced or largely free; dorsal highest at origin of its posterior third; longest dorsal ray erpial- 

 ing distance from tip of snout to middle of lower eye; caudal peduncle w'ithout free portion; left 

 ventral with an elongate base, its rays all inserted on ventral ridge; membrane from la.st ventral rav 

 deflected to the left, leaving the ridge, and not connecting with front of anal tin; length of pectoral 

 ei|nal to di.stance from tip of snout to middle of upper eye, its ujiperinost ray very short, about!). I 

 second ray; all tlic> tins, except caudal, with rays unbranched. 



Scales small, those on left (eyed) side rough-ctenoid, moderately deciduous; those on right side 

 cycloid; right side without lateral line; lateral line on left side with a .short high arch, which is hroadlv 

 Hat-topped, the summit being a horizontal straight line; chord of arch contained 4J times in posterior 

 straight portion of lateral line. A short .supplemental branch forks and forms a V hehind upjier 

 I'ye; maxillary and snout but partly scaled; rest of head, including mandible and interorbital s]iace, 

 wholly scaled; rays of dor.sal and anal lin.s each with a single row of scales; jiectorals and ventrals 



