NOTES ON FISHE>; OK HAWAII. 217 



Family ACANTHI UID.^i. 



27. Hepatus leucopareius (Jenkinsi. 



( »t this rare species several .s|)e<'iinens were in the a(|uariuni at Waikiki. It is "ailed mai biikn. 



28. Hepatus inatoides (Cuvier A Valencieufies) . 



Renewed eoniparison of .specimens lead.s us to regard U. guMheri, H. xauthuiiU-nis (Cuvier & 

 Valenciennes) and //. hhchi (Cuvier & Valenciennes) as identical with IlepatM inatoide><. The dark 

 stri])es on the dorsal and anal, the yellow on the pectoral, and the pale ring at the l)ase of the caudal 

 all fade more nr less in spirits. Renewed comparison of fresli specimens is necessary to settle this 

 point finally. 



.\ fresli siiecinien corresponding to //. i/nutheri has the liody plain brown, a i>ale ringahout tail, 

 yellow on pectoral and about eye: blue and yellow streaks mi prcorbital; dorsal and anal black witli 

 four narrow blue stripes. 



Family B.\L1STI1).€. 



2i). Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Ibilland). 



A specimen from Honolulu, the first ever noticed in the market, collected l)v Mr. Berndt, ( )ur 

 previous specimens came from the islaml of Hawaii. 



Family l)l()U().\Tn).-E. 

 .")0. Diodou nudifrons Jenkins. 



Seen in the ac|uarium at Waikiki. ,\ black bar from eye downward, meeting its fi'llow across the 

 throat. 



Family SC0RP.€.\IU.4:. 



Ml. Merinthe macrocepliala (.Sauvagel. 



This large scorpa-noid fish is common in the winter markets, reaching a weight nf :i to .") pounds. 

 It is brilliant orange in life, with sparse dots and mottlings. 



.S2. Fierasfer homei i Kicharils). 



While engaged in a study of the holothurians recently collected near Honolulu by the Alhal m.t^, 

 Mr. W. K. Fisher found a \vell-preserve<l S[iecimen of Fii'mnfer homt\ in the cloacal chamber of a 

 specimen of a new bolothurian of the genus Stii-hopus. It was translucent with many scattered pale 

 brownish spots on the head and bod\-; teeth in narrow bands on the jaws, jmlatines and vomer; 

 central teeth of the latter elongate, and closely apposed, forming a short ridge. Writers generally 

 have overlooked the presence of a minute though well-developed caudal fin, which is evi<lently con- 

 fluent with the dorsal and anal. The specimen measures 5. 7.5 inches in length. 



Family GOBI 1 1) /E. 



33. Quisquilius eugenius Jordan & Evermann. 



In the Hawaiian Report of Jordan & Evermann, p. 483, and in the later Samoan Report of Jordan 

 & Seale, this species is placed by error in the genus Gobioinorplius Gi\l. Quisijuiliu.'! engenius has the 

 ventrals united. They were, in the type, accidentally torn apart. Canine teeth are present. The 

 genus is related to Dromhus and to Ainbliigohiiis, not to GiMomorphini or Aaterropleri.r. 



In this connection it may be tioticed that the genus Pararjuhiodon Bleeker {i_rhini>i-iiilm/iis) was 

 named Rupfllin {Rnppdlin) by Rwainson in 18.39, and that the original type of the genus Aporrijplts of 

 Osbeck and of Cuvier and Valenciennes, was Cuhivs pertiiiiroxtrix of Linn;eus. The species called 

 Boleo]ilithiiIiini>: chinensis or pecliivroxlrlx slniuld therefore stand as Apornipti's perliniroxlri!^. The genus 

 commonly called Apocri/jUes should probably stand as Golnlejitds Swainson. 



