KISHE8 OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



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Cnliir in fjiirits, lifjht f^rayifli above, much mottled with darker; tilameuts on sides of snout arising 

 each from a small round lifjht spot, contrastiiif; with the darker ^rround; under parts lighter; abdomen 

 usually dark, eovereil with sharply contrastinir white Ma]is; mouth and uill-eavities white, peritoneum 

 jet-black. 



Stomach globular, very large, thel' openings immediately adjacent; intestine crossing the stomach 

 transversely in front, communicating with it in passing, ami ternunating in a blind sac, which repre- 

 sents the single pyloric c;ecum; left liver lobe short; right long and narrow, extending to near middle 

 of body cavity, its posterior end slightly hollowed out for the gall-bladder; intestine making a single 

 short loop, its length but two-thirds total length of fish; the stomach contained the remains of a small 

 fish, together with considerable mud, which was probably swallowed during capture of fish. 



Specimens were taken at the following stations: Nos. ;i998, vicinity of Kauai, 228 to 285 fathoms: 

 4090, approach to Pailolo Channel, 272 to 281! fathoms: 4117. off the ucirlhwest <'oast of 0:ilni, 2.').') to 

 2,S2 fathoms; 4132, vicinity of Kauai, 257 to 812 fathoms. 



Tamily CHAl \ \CI1),4:. 

 Chauiiax umbriuus, new species. Fig. 274. 



Type 54 mm. long, from station .S885, I'ailcilo ('haruiel, between Maui and Mi>lokai; tyjie, \o. 

 51547, U. S. Nat, Mus. 



Closely related to ('. ilinlirinlus llilgendorl, Iroin .lapan, Imt (be spines lim-i- and shortt-r, the 

 tins higher, the pectorals with more numerous rays, anil thi' color dark. 



Head ti5 hundreilths of total lentrth to base of c;uiilal; maxillary 22: intemrbilul width 9; It-ngth 

 of tentacular groove 8; length of tenlaclr il; diameter of eye l:i; greatest depth (uuinflated) 82; 



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greatest width, at base of jjectorals 54; ilistaiicr from tip of sn4)Ut lo origin uf d.irs;d 5(i; lrni;th of 

 dorsal liase 'M; longest dorsal ray 17; length of caudal '.',('<; length of ]pi'ctorals 17: leiiirth c.f veiilrals 15. 

 i). 11; A. 5; 1>. 14. 



Tentacle somewduit shorter and thicker than in ('. Jimhrialiis, oi'cupying about three-fourths the 

 groove; sensory canals arranged as in Jiinhfltilns, but the lateral lines apjiroach more nearly the front 

 of dorsal tin; spines much shorter and liner, resembling shagreen; skin opaque, dark gray on upper 

 parts, mottled and l)lotched with darker shades; cau.lal blackish, with a lighter cross-bar on ba.-al half; 

 piectorals black, with some grayish lines at base; veidrals yellowisli; under parts grayish, niuforjii. 



One specimen known. 



