FISHES OK HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



Gill 



First dorsal ray in>'ert('il umt iiii<lilU' uf rye; vciitnil (•■insisting.' nf 4 rays, Its postoridr meniV>rane 

 ruptured in the type. 



Scales very stroiij^'ly eiliated (Ui Imth sides (if liody. \ii trace cif lateral line. 



Color, a warm lirown, with narrow, wavy streaks uf lifrht olive, the stlreaks ruiniini.' in all ilirec- 

 tions an<l irrcfrnlarly anastomosing;; tins translucent, with fn'ipient raVs which an' lirown fur the 

 ijreater part uf their leiiirth: other rays more ur less hrown. 



.\ sinifle cotyiie, frouL station 41211. uff nciithwcst cuast nf (lahn, Iil7 tn L'ltj fathoms, shows the 

 folliiwini; formula: I'. HIM, \. SS; \'. 4; scaK'S llMi. In this smaller specinu'n the anastomusinir wavy 

 lines are u iiler and less cU'arly delined. 



Symphurus strictus, new spi'cies. 



Ty|ie, lor, 1,1111. InUL'. from staliun .'IIIL'O, off the suulli cuast ,,f I )alm Island, di'l,lli I'll.") tu L'SO 

 fatlioms; t\pe. No. .">lliL'4, I'. S. Nat. Mus. 



Head .', in Iciiiilh to hase of caudal; dcplh4.1.'. li. 1 l."i: A. 102; ('. 14; \'.4; series of scales nmiun).' 

 downward and hackward I'Jh. 



Very eloufiate; mouth ciirveil; ma.xillary reaching; vertical frurii frunt ur middle uf ]iupil; eyes 

 very small, cluse tufjelher, tl«' ujiper slightly in advance uf li,wer, helween them a sinsrle series of 



Fic, '27'^. — Si/mphurus strictus <iUheTX, now species. Tyjio. 



;<ciiles, ill aflditiun tu which, scales are sometimes present on adjacent parts of eye; anterior portion of 

 interorhital ripace uciaipied liy a wide flap, under which pusleriur nostril opens; right anterior nostril 

 tuliular, immediately above ii|i|icr lip, slightly nearer luuer eye tluiii tiji of snout; left anterior 

 nostril slit-like, ujiening under miper end uf a vertical fuld which extends ujiward from behind 

 anglv of mouth; snoiil, jaws, and <'hin, and a narrow streak along prulile to front of dorsal naked. 



Dorsal tin lieginning above middle of upper eye; caudal with a vertically truncate base, its rays 

 easily distingiiisheil from dorsal and anal; membranes of last ventral ray joining first anal ray ahove 

 its middle. Scales adherent and very strongly ctenoid <mi both sides; no trace of a lateral line. 



Colur light olivaceous, faintly marhled with light olive-brown: indistinct narrow dark lines fulluw 

 tlieruws of scales; fins slightly dusky, nnmarkeil; |,erituiienm jel-hlack; culur showing distinctly 

 through the abdominal walls. 



luiur cutypes were secured at statiuii 4021, uff the east coast uf Kauai, at a depth uf 2,S() to :«ti) 

 fathoms. In 'A of these the counts are as fulluws: ll<,rsal IO,S, lOil, and I b!; :inal !I5, VI."), and ilS; ventral 

 4, 4, an<l 4; scales 12'), 117, ami I 14. 



l;iiiiil> l.dl'llllll.i:. 

 Lophiomus miacanthus, new sjiecies. Fig. 278. 



Type. 14:'. mm. in lutal length (frum mandiliular tip to margin uf c-audal ) from ■statiun 41 17, uft' the 

 northwest coast of (laliu, depth 2"):) to 2.S2 fathoms; type, No. r)iti27, T. S. Nat. ]\Ius. 



I.ongfli of hea<l e(|ualing distance fmni gill-slit to middle of oaudal; m idth equaling its length; 

 major diameter of eye c<inlained 4.. s limes in head, frunlal width :ibove middle uf urhits 4.5; ienu'th of 



