NOTES ON FISHES OF HAWAII, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By Daviii Stark Jokdan and John Otterbein Snyder. 



In the month of March, 19()o, the senior author made a hricf visit to Honolulu. 

 The markets were inspected each day, and a num})er of species of fisiies were c'ollected. 

 Since the date of the collections of Jordan and F^vermann in litol and of Gilbert 

 and Snyder in 1902, the markets of the city have become very greatly extended. 

 The business of fishino- has fallen more fully into the hands of Japanese, and the 

 results of linetishing in deep water off the coast of ]\Iolokai have become a promi- 

 nent feature of the market. Among the species formerly rare, hut now commonly 

 seen in the market, are the following: 



-Etelis evuriis. 

 Etelis !iiar.-hi. 

 ChiEtopteruH dubius. 

 Kooseveltia brighami. 

 Erythrichthys schle^eli. 

 Meiiiithe niacrocephala. 

 Mulloides pflugeri. 



The following species in this collection, listed with the numbers und(>r which 

 their respective types are registered in the V. S. National Museum, seem to be new 

 to science: 



Caranx dasison, no. 57782. 

 Ariomma evermanni, no. 57783. 

 Eooseveltia aloha, no. 57784. 

 Thalassoma neanis, no. 57785. 

 Scaridea aerosa, no. 57786. 



The accompanving drawings of these .species are the work of Mr. ^^'illiam 

 Sackston Atkinson. 



Family OPHICHTHYIU.-E. 



1 . Microdouophis polyophthalmus ( Bleeker) . 



Head 4.5 in the trunk, 4.9 in tail; depth 2.4 in head; snout 5; ej'e 1.8 in gnout; cleft of mouth 

 about 3 in head; teeth sharp, in a single row on jaws and vomer; origin of dorsal above base of 

 pectoral, height of fin equal to width of interorbital space or length of snout; anal about half as high; 

 pectoral rounded, about equal in length to snout. Tail sharply pointed. Color brownish aljove, white 

 cm ventral surface; side with 3 rows of large alternating dark-brown spots, those of the upper row and 



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